I can say it initially said a bunch of people I didn't know might be relevant. but there weren't a whole heck of a lot of people on google+ at the time, so I think it bumped up the popular users to just under people I actually knew. It did a rather good job of finding people I did know.

Okay, so ... furries? Eunuchs?

Transgendered? Hermaphrodites? "Disorders" where a person looks female, but is genetically male (and vice versa?)

Maybe it does have to be a gmail account. I only have a google account with that email and hosted gmail

Ah well, I can .. wait... and continue to hear about it.. heh

You can add nicknames to your profile under the Other names option.

And how can you not know who these people are, especially when they post in this very thread?

I've got "normal" people from university starting to add me, so there must be some non-nerd movement going on.

Because:

1. People probably aren't inviting very many of their non-tech friends, and if they do, those non-techies are probably not apt to bother signing up for now.

   
   

2. Google only allows new registrations in limited blocks at a time. "Already invited? We've temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please try again soon."

Once Google+ is completely open, it could theoretically become as big (in terms of "active" user accounts) as Facebook overnight. However, that's not bound to happen, as most people are satisfied with Facebook and won't understand the point or nuances of Google+ immediately.

I assume that Facebook and Google+ will happily co-exist for a while, with Google+ being used primarily by people who prefer public social sites.

Infinite time, for I wouldn't join. To me, Google is just the search engine (now more crappy with every update). And I think there's a lots of people thinking the same way.

I use gmail, and have a YouTube account to see the "inappropriate" videos. I'd guess I sign on to one or the other about once a week, and log off within 10 minutes.

gmail? No thanks a lot. Picassa? What's that? ^[1] Maps? Well yes, I use them from time to time, though it kinda falls into the search category. Earth? Well I've tried and got rid of it... Sky? Don't know what's that. Android? Do I look like somebody who'd want to be spied upon even when not using google search?^[2]

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NoScript to the rescue!

I read somewhere that if one person told everyone they have ever formally met, and those people did the same, it would take only 6 recursions until everyone on the planet knew about it.