Useful info on limiting posts and disabling reshare.

Useful info on limiting posts and disabling reshare.

Reshared post from +David Gulbransen

Well, it does appear that if you limit a post to a specific circle, say, not wanting your boss to read a certain post, if you do not limit sharing, anyone in the circle you shared it with could share it with their circles… which could seriously bite you in the ass.

Good rule of thumb: don't post anything you really want to remain private. And don't trust Google, Facebook, or anyone else to really get privacy right.

To limit sharing:

1. Post. (Yeah, you have to do this after you post. What the hell, Google?)
2. In your Stream, click on the little circle with a triangle in the upper right hand side of the post.
3. Choose "Disable reshare".

Why you have to post first to disable reshare is beyond me. Google products seem to always have these flaws. The "engineer culture" could benefit from a cultural exchange with some UI designers.

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