Circles don't necessarily solve all privacy problems.
In this case it's more that maintaining two entirely separate accounts don't solve all privacy problems: it sounds like he intended not to post it to a different Circle but using an entirely different login. So really that's a problem for almost every site, it's certainly a mistake I've made on DW too.
(Just in case, I'm not a stealth G+ booster, I just think this particular incident shouldn't be read as "circles don't do what they're supposed to" but more as "switching accounts is hard" and that's not a G+ specific problem, although it's one they share in.)
I hope he doesn't lose his job. Google is twitchier than many companies about employees speaking publicly, and Steve Yegge is famously The Blogger Who Loves Working At Google So Much.
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Date: 2011-10-12 08:31 pm (UTC)In this case it's more that maintaining two entirely separate accounts don't solve all privacy problems: it sounds like he intended not to post it to a different Circle but using an entirely different login. So really that's a problem for almost every site, it's certainly a mistake I've made on DW too.
(Just in case, I'm not a stealth G+ booster, I just think this particular incident shouldn't be read as "circles don't do what they're supposed to" but more as "switching accounts is hard" and that's not a G+ specific problem, although it's one they share in.)
I hope he doesn't lose his job. Google is twitchier than many companies about employees speaking publicly, and Steve Yegge is famously The Blogger Who Loves Working At Google So Much.