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Re:Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the... by fryguy on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @02:28PM (#5287820)
More than 10% of the time on facebook, I get a "try out these new games your friends are playing" (even though I've rarely played games on facebook), which takes up roughly the same amount of space as the google+ one does.
Re:Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the... by shadowmint on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @08:03PM (#5289793)
What are you talking about?

You've clearly never seen the google ones.

It's a GIGANTIC POPUP full of Click here! Join now! Follow ME! (Or like today, a new full page of Do Not Want: "Never miss another post Get notifications whenever important people in your life share something new on Google+" <-- how about you just let me into the site ok? Come on...)

Facebook is spammy, but G+ is just beyond a joke.

Re:Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the... by BruceIV on Thursday February 28, 2013 @12:27AM (#5297184)
This G+ one fills the entire screen, and you have to find and click the "no thank you get out of my face please" button to get to the social feed; if you want to check that multiple times a day (like is typical Facebook usage), it gets to be a major source of friction, which Google usually hacks out with an axe anywhere they possibly can ...