Canned goat might actually taste pretty good. :) You might have something there. Kidding aside, why not ask Google to add temp accounts associated to a main account? I would love to have temp emails/identities that I can create and reply to from only one account. Like Visa or MasterCard have temp credit card numbers. Then when I'm done, just toss them out. Maybe you could associate an email/identity to a circle. I think it's early but I don't see many roadblocks.
Re:Google+ will replace email, period.
by pavel_lishin on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @04:00PM
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Sure, all the problems I listed are solvable. In fact, they've already been solved - by e-mail.
The bitching about having to sort e-mails and manually add filters? You have to manually add people to circles, too. And what happens when someone who's not in one of your circles shares something with you? At least currently, there's no way to filter them based on anything.
"But we can just add filters to Google+!"
We already have filters in e-mail.
I feel like I sound like a grizzled old man ("we used to code uphill both ways in the snow!") but I really don't understand how G+ is superior to e-mail.
You've got good points, but I think Google plus ties alot of functionality into one service, or at least it seems like that is the direction they are taking. Imagine when you can do more than email can today. Share google docs while "huddling" then turn around and post something interesting you found to everyone. I'm not saying it's the be all end all, but it's a step in the right direction.
Google+. Gmail. They can be integrated.
Wow, this is exactly what I thought about my Facebook stream. Too much garbage that I cannot easily filter out, like I can e-mail.
For sending quick notes to my mom, or even my coworkers, maybe. But what about using e-mail as an identity when signing up somewhere? What about creating throwaway accounts? (e.g., [email protected]) What about creating accounts for my business to contact customers? (e.g., [email protected])