… At any rate, I'll probably be adding the type and sort of 'external service shares' to my filter criteria when picking who to follow back.
But for those who want to know how to do it:
http://www.vikitech.com/6792/send-links-from-google-reader-to-google-plus
/via +Matthew Snell
How to Enable Sharing From Google Reader to Your Google+ Profile
By being able to share directly from Google Reader as opposed to having to open a link, copy and paste the link and then login to Google+ to share it makes things much easier on those who rely on RSS …
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This integration works well for G+ but I too hope that it doesn't become overused by those who have nothing to contribute when posting. I, for one, am looking for dialogue more than just another news source.
Installed, usually am not shareing from there but it looks this might happen more often 😉
I like the format of shared items in Reader Shared Items myself with your comment at the top and then a segment of the post below. This is pretty much what G+ is doing when you share an item directly right now.
+Douglas Welch Doesn't match my format / use style either. But just curious: What would be your optimal solution?
I found the format of it didn't really match what I was looking for when sharing, so I have continued to cut and paste into the Share box myself for now.
+Douglas Welch I agree, it isn't quite automatic yet. I'm not convinced that automation is a good thing though, although it is one that many users would appreciate given the current social media fragmentation.
This article doesn't talk about automatic sharing, but rather a Reader Send to setup. Still a fairly manual process. I would like to see an auto share from Reader, as most of the items I want to share on G+ are first found in Reader.