So I'm on Google Plus now and Facebook, what do I think?

So I’m on Google Plus now and Facebook, what do I think?

I think that both Facebook and Google Plus get to the same endpoint:

• connecting us with each other over the net
• reducing interpersonal friction to make connecting easier (but please don’t leave etiquette and politeness at the door)
• helping in discovering new content and interesting information

But, I think Google has thought this out better and is listening to their users; Facebook feels tacked together, pieces don’t seem to work well and frankly I don’t think they care what their users think.

I had the “find interesting information” effect just today actually when a post on suicide cropped up in Facebook from Blogher.  I’m not sure I would have found this important piece had I not been on Facebook.  So, Facebook helped me find content I wouldn’t otherwise find and to share with others about that topic.  I’m sure Google Plus will too as the population fills out.   It may have already but I haven’t discovered the discovery piece yet (that would be Google Sparks I guess!)

Google Circles is way easier to use than Facebook’s friending.  In addition, Google Circles makes sorting very easy.   It’s clean, smooth and intuitive.  That being said, I think there is a learning curve to Google Plus (circles and the other components).  But, I’m looking forward to learning how to use it since I feel my on line life is alot safer there than on Facebook.

So my bottom line?  I’m on Facebook because my friends are there, but otherwise, that’s really it.   Otherwise, I think Google Plus may eventually be the default social network.

Oh and for now, Twitter absolutely is the hands down winner for new content discovery; for me anyway!