What's the point to "Nearby" in G+ Mobile, if all the posts are...

Ansel Taft - 2011-09-13 08:09:03+0000

Get more friends, so it's not just you? :D

I don't geo-tag because I don't think people would really care where I post from, or I don't want to put a pin on the head of my house.

Julian Bond - 2011-09-13 08:13:46+0000

+Ansel Taft Note: 46-71 Trinity Rd, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7 is not my address. But it's close. Browser Wifi geo-location is only vague.

It also makes me think that very few people in the UK are posting to G+ from a mobile.

Julian Bond - 2011-09-13 08:14:20+0000

+Helena Brusic They'll have to get past her indoors first.

Adriano Augello - 2011-09-13 09:06:40+0000

Many of my posts are public and even have a geo-tag. I already found interesting people by using this feature when either they commented on my posts our vice versa. I think it's a great way to discover interesting comments and people. Though you won't find me nearby, me being in germany.

Adam Baylis-West - 2011-09-13 10:49:22+0000

I wonder what the implications of publicly geo-tagged posts are for home insurance contracts?

Kevin Dunseath - 2011-09-13 11:00:12+0000

I don't tend to geo-tag because I've haven't really figured out what the point is. Check-ins yes, photos- fine and obvious as well, but my location has nothing to do with most other posts.

Stef Kunzer - 2011-09-13 11:48:56+0000

+ Adriano I agree 100%

Stef Kunzer - 2011-09-13 11:50:25+0000

But I can't geo-tag my comment from mobile, or + somebody from within a comment either apparently.

Joshua Hughes - 2011-09-13 12:50:10+0000

What I would like is the ability to post ONLY to nearby people. That way I can post about local issues without bothering people on the other side of the country who might follow my public stream.

Adriano Augello - 2011-09-13 12:55:17+0000

+Steve Kunzer , do you use the g+ mobile web app, the iOS or the android app? They might differ in functionality as they are do not receive updates at the same time due to OS differences.

Adam Baylis-West - 2011-09-13 13:41:36+0000

+Steve Kunzer, which mobile interface are you using? You can certainly geo-tag posts from the Android app'; though as you may be able to tell from this comment, '+' links to profiles are still, sadly, unavailable.

Stef Kunzer - 2011-09-13 14:08:54+0000

+Adriano Augello I was using the most up to date version of the app on Android. (I'm now on my laptop, hence being able to + you)

Stef Kunzer - 2011-09-13 14:10:08+0000

+Adam Baylis-West Yes, you can geo-tag posts, but not comments. At least not from the mobile app.

Tony Sidaway - 2011-09-13 16:10:17+0000

I often browse Nearby, I live closer to London and, believe me, from where I am you're not the only person posting there.

Adam Baylis-West - 2011-09-13 18:03:20+0000

+Steve Kunzer, you are quite right about comments. I imagine that particular lack of function is by design, in the same way that you cannot embed pictures or video in comments. Whether you should be able to do so is another question, of course.

Stef Kunzer - 2011-09-13 18:36:04+0000

+ Adam pics & videos I can understand , but geo-tags make such sense to allow, especially in the name of 'connection '. Pity.

Julian Bond - 2011-09-13 19:16:26+0000

The one thing that irritates especially is that a re-share of a post is seen as having the same location as the original.

ディーン, Dean - 2011-09-15 14:08:19+0000

despite my mobile having gps-ability and its use of Google Latitudes g+ cannot do its nearby thing.