Google Plus hey? What is this then? Just another social media black hole where you neatly store all of your productivity? Well, kind of.

First question, where will you find the time? Between your Facebook, your Twitter, updating your Tumblr, your mass of daily emails, your dedicated website time allocation? How will you find the time? There’s only so much Internet you can internet! Is it just another step towards this:

What does it even do? I will tell you.

In short, it’s a social experiment tailored to share content with friends and colleagues within the users own confines. That, and for Google to flex it’s technological muscles. But no, really. It works like a feed of activity very much similar to the Facebook platform, in that it has a wall and a profile, however it’s not a free for all content party much like Facebook is. You define who will see your posts with the introduction of “Circles” you can choose who you share certain things with. For example: Sir Long John Douchebag of “I don’t even know you” will go into my circle I have aptly named “Stranger danger” and people like Christian Slater will go in my “Legends” circle. And when I want to update all the people in my Legends circle, I will post something directly to them using the power of Google+. Surely it won’t be long before Google integrates a mass of mind bogglingly tapered ads and facebook like features. It’s just one step further into complete and total web world domination.

Upon entering the vast and unfamiliar space that is Google+, I was offered a platter of forgotten about contacts over the years of using Gmail, which can be daunting and super creepy, (Just how much do you know about me Mister Googles, and how did you know I sent some nudes to Leigh Lezark one time once?). So yeah, everyone you’ve ever emailed at some point in time now has the opportunity to reveal complete transparency about your internet dealings, potentially super awkward if you’re a creep? Be sure to feel out the sharing and privacy settings before you go for gusto and start adding people in an attempt to feel like you actually have friends and aren’t a forever alone. It’s not about getting 600+ friends straight away; this is by no means a popularity contest. This is about a unity of close friends and family whom you ACTUALLY talk to regularly and would like to keep them in the loop.

When you think about it, Facebook’s future is definitely compromised but by absolutely no means obsolete. However google+ is going to take its fair share of the market, which are those who are sick of the Facebook and it’s privacy loopholes.

With Google+ having just closed it’s doors on the Beta testers, if you haven’t gotten involved via invite yet, you’ll have to wait until it gets a full release.

You may have noticed the +1 icon in this article. Yep, It works very much the same way a Facebook like button works. Go on, test it out!