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Re:Google Latitude will be retired by hahainternet on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @10:10AM (#6019653)
You don't 'join' circles. You put people /in/ circles.

They influence search by increasing the relevance of links by people sharing them or +1ing them. You can just turn them off on the results page it seems but I have found it very beneficial.

Why is it already annoying? The only reasons I've heard have been hypothetical.

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Re:Google Latitude will be retired by EarthLaunch on Friday July 19, 2013 @01:54PM (#6071744)
Sorry, I didn't see your comment earlier.

Putting people 'in' and joining is functionally the same, that's what I meant.

The reason it annoys me is that I usually want my searches to be objective and global, not influenced by my preferences. I suppose a solution might be if their UI showed the influence clearly.

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