[mightybyte]

Totally disagree. First, if you don't want to categorize, then don't--use one big circle. I actually want to have fine-grained control over who I publish to, and Facebook's auto-discovered groups touted in the article don't do it for me. The whole "Don't embrace the shit work" is not relevant either because you can't judge the value of a product by people who don't use it productively. BTW, Most time spent on Facebook period isn't REAL work. This is precisely why I don't have a Facebook account and don't spend tons of time on Google+. But circles are crucial to my use of Google+, and Facebook's lack of a good implementation of the idea is the reason I never used it.

[dylangs1030]

I don't disagree, but then, I'm not sure you can make a good comparison between Google+ and Facebook. One is meant for productivity - Google+ was marketed from the start as a more business-inclined way to interact with people (conferences, setting up meetings, etc.). Facebook isn't really trying to be productive, so perhaps the author shouldn't have used the comparison at all. Facebook is really just about interacting vicariously through the internet, with no rhyme or reason to it.