Choosing Which Circles to Share Your Posts With

As you may have noticed, Circles are a big deal in Google+. They form the basis of your relationships with the people you interact with, and Google+ becomes a heck of a lot more fun when you use them well.

Once you have your Circles set up in a way that’s good for you (Chapter 5 has more information on setting up Circles), it’s time to put them to use. Here’s how you share a post with a specific Circle:

1. Click the Share what’s new text box in the Stream.

2. By default the last Circles you used are active (the Public Circle to start with). You can click the X icon next to a Circle name to remove it.

3. Click Add more people and choose a Circle from the drop-down list that appears (as shown in ...

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