How To Message People on Google+
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.
nice:)
Will they be notified of the message or will they just have to be lucky enough to see it in the stream?
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.
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.
Awesome, thanks!
That is so convoluted…
You can always tag the person on that post to make sure they see the message!
Google hired too many PhDs who do not have much common sense!
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.
Good information. I probably would not have figured that out. I have to admit, it makes logical sense.
You can also just type ‘@’ and start typing the person’s name.
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!
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