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Yeah yeah, I'm an "active" G+ user, but all I've done in the past month is have my photos from my phone automatically uploaded to it (not shared, just for backup), and maybe shared a couple of things I saw on Google Reader, that nobody will likely see, because, well, google broke readers social interface.



It sounds like you wouldn't be counted then since you didn't visit plus.google.com or actively use the mobile app.


Perhaps, I didn't look at it that way. Do you think they track it by visits to plus.google.com, or by activity? (ie, my phone uploads a photo ever time a take a picture, or I "share" something via reader) You don't think those would count as visits to plus.google.com, as my google account communicates with plus? I get notifications in my gmail thingy every time a photo uploads as well. Also, I do probably visit at least once a month and scroll through my pics as well. I suppose it would be interesting to see what counts as a "visit" or "active".


> And here too, I’m happy to report that we have just crossed 100,000,000 monthly active users on Google+ (plus.google.com and mobile app)

Based on what Vic said I don't think you would be counted. They don't explicitly say what does and does not count but it sounds like you would only count when visit G+ and scroll through photos. I personally would count sharing from Reader but but instant upload from the mobile app is passive activity and should not be counted.


What if I load plus in an iframe on Search, jusy to kill that obnoxious dancing red notification counter?


It's not clear if that counts or not. Technically it is plus.google.com but from a user perspective it is not.


I wonder when they'll figure out that putting out numbers no one believes actually hurts their perception?




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