How To Message People on Google+
July 10, 2011 in Featured, Google+ How To's, How To's, Video
So you may have realized by now that there is no way to “write on someone’s wall” in Google+. They have to post something and then you can comment on it only. So what if you want to send a quick message to one of your friends? Here’s how.
I. Send a Private Message
1. Head to your Google+ homepage.
2. Type whatever you want to say in to the person in the stream update text box (as if you were posting a “status update”).
3. Instead of just hitting Share though, delete the Public icon underneath the text box (if it’s there), then click Add circles or people to share with and start typing in their name. Once they pop up select them.
4. Now hit share. This message will ONLY be visible to that person and any and all comments you both make back and forth will also only be visible to you both.
5. Keep in mind that you can also add other individuals to the message or even entire circles and only those people can see them and respond.
Cass Morrison said on July 10, 2011
nice:)
Guest said on July 10, 2011
Will they be notified of the message or will they just have to be lucky enough to see it in the stream?
Guest said on July 13, 2011
My experience thus far is that they have to be lucky enough to see it in the stream… G+ could use some improvement in this area.
David Wong said on December 22, 2011
I am very early days in Google+ so I am learning without RTFM. I hope Google+ sends a notification which is echoed in a Gmail message as I have been seeing both.
dorkBOT3000 said on August 6, 2011
Awesome, thanks!
Stefan O'Neil said on August 6, 2011
That is so convoluted…
Mamas Nicolaou said on September 22, 2011
You can always tag the person on that post to make sure they see the message!
Stupid said on October 13, 2011
Google hired too many PhDs who do not have much common sense!
David Wong said on December 22, 2011
Google does possess the top 10% or more of PhD graduates in the world. And I suspect they are being paid nicely even in the absence of common sense.
David Wong said on December 22, 2011
Good information. I probably would not have figured that out. I have to admit, it makes logical sense.
dandv said on December 27, 2011
You can also just type ‘@’ and start typing the person’s name.
Rose Odonnell said on February 1, 2012
This is SO lame! And not intuitive1 Who would ever have guessed this? If you have to describe it, it isn’t right. Please fix this. I want to click on a person and just start to send them a message. The Facebook Wall is the right mental model. Fix this please!