I have been using Google+ for a few days now, and so far I have had had a few complaints about the new Google social network. Google+ is not without its merits, though, and there are some hints and tips Facebook could pick up from Google+ that might improve the user experience.

For starters, there are Circles. Circles are the defining feature of Google+ that allow you to segregate your contacts more intuitively. Everyone isn’t your ‘Friend’. Some are family, some are co-workers, some are buddies from your golf league, etc. Google refined the social network concept by developing a system that lets you decide on a post by post basis which group or groups of your contacts should see what you are posting.