Originally posted this on Google+:

My biggest problem with Google+ so far is the ability to make a post “Public”.

So far, my experience with G+ has been a noisy one, where the majority of the posts I see are public. One of the main advantages of G+ over platforms like Twitter is the ability to reverse subscribe contacts to “List” like groups. I can share all of my developer related problems with a Developers Circle, and all of my personal updates with a Friends Circle. I don’t need to blast everyone that has me in a circle with all of my updates.

The current Google+ depends on trusting anyone you follow to only share the types of updates you want from them… and provides no way of telling that person what types of updates you’re interested in.

If I want to add someone to a circle because they’re great at coding, I don’t necessarily want updates about their pets too.

I’d almost prefer a service that reverses the way circles are handled. Allow users to set up a personal collection of post categories unique to them. When I try to follow that user, I can check off from their collection of categories what types of posts I’m interested in from them.