Google suggested user list pushes the celebs…
Originally shared by Craig Kanalley
GOOGLE’S SUGGESTED USER LIST (Complete list below)
Google+ just pushed live its suggestions of “interesting and famous people.” The screen is presented to new users, asking them to Supercharge their stream (screenshot below). It presents these folks:
PICKS
Matthew Inman Muhammad Yunus Mark Cuban Taylor Swift Thomas Hawk Trey Ratcliff Vic Gundotra Richard Branson Sergey Brin Snoop Dogg Britney Spears Dane Cook Alton Brown Ashton Kutcher Jessi June Jillian Michaels Dolly Parton
ENTERTAINMENT
Miranda Cosgrove Steve Ward William Shatner Rose McGowan Sasha Grey Casey McKinnon Dane Cook Alida Brandenburg Ashley Tisdale Ashton Kutcher Brian Brushwood Graham Linehan Jeri Ryan Justine Ezarik Djimon Hounsou
FUN & INTERESTING
Matthew Inman Muhammad Yunus Violet Blue Wil Wheaton Philip DeFranco Richard Branson Scott Beale Charles Trippy Dave Days April Summers Jessi June Joan Halifax Kassem G Gary Whitta
MUSIC
Paul Oakenfold Pete Wentz Kina Grannis Lil Wayne Mariah Carey Mark Hoppus Spectacular Smith Taylor Swift Trent Reznor Pitbull . Sammy Hagar Snoop Dogg Soulja Boy Britney Spears Chamillionaire The Ceo 50 Cent Alanis Morissette Armin van Buuren Jay Smooth Joe Satriani Demi Lovato Dj ASHBA Dolly Parton
NEWS
Maggie Koerth-Baker Maria Bartiromo Steven Levy Xeni Jardin Quentin Hardy Richard MacManus Sarah Hill Shira Lazar Christian Oliver Christina Warren Cory Bergman Courtney Hazlett Dan Patterson Darya Pino A.V. Flox Anthony Quintano Arianna Huffington Beth Kanter Herb Greenberg Jason Kincaid Jennifer 8. Lee Jillian C. York Ed Yong Elisa Camahort Page
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART
Mihailo Radičević Olaf Bathke Patrick Di Fruscia Patrick Smith Klaus Herrmann Leanne Staples Leodor Selenier Lisa Bettany Lotus Carroll Terje Sorgjerd Thomas Hawk Trey Ratcliff Victor Bezrukov Sara Ataie Scott Kelby shirley lo Christopher Michel Colby Brown Dave Beckerman Alan Shapiro Anthony Quintano Brandon Campeaux Jennifer Bailey Jim Goldstein
POLITICS
Newt Gingrich Stephen Harper Jerry Brown Gary Johnson Gavin Newsom
SPORTS
Mark Cuban Brandon Vera Jillian Michaels Dwight Howard Erin Andrews Floyd Mayweather
TECHNOLOGY
MG Siegler Michael Dell Mike Elgan Om Malik Paul Kedrosky Pete Cashmore Kevin Rose Laura Gluhanich Leo Laporte Linda Lawrey Linus Torvalds Lynette Young Maria Popova Marshall Kirkpatrick Steve Wozniak Tim O’Reilly Tom Anderson Veronica Belmont Vic Gundotra Zee M Kane Robert Scoble Sarah Lane Sarah Perez Sergey Brin Cali Lewis
My first reaction to the G+ Suggested User List?
I don’t think this is a good idea. It’s going to alienate people and lead to an inevitable followers war that can hurt the health of the social network and inflate people’s egos. As the famous get more followers, the non-featured fall farther behind, and a giant gap is created between the two. This is what happened on Twitter. (In a perfect world, all interact together, around common interests, and there aren’t such huge disparities.)
What do you think?
Many thanks to Julio Fernandez for the link to the suggested users page if you’re not a new user — you can find it here https://plus.google.com/106914186897370535526/posts/Su3fMFqdvng#getstarted/follow
