Andrew Hatchett Heh Andy, I tried to restore an 8 MB Blogger backup today, just to confirm what Blogger would do...

Andrew Hatchett Heh Andy, I tried to restore an 8 MB Blogger backup today, just to confirm what Blogger would do with any embedded Google+ comments. It failed miserably: My "I'm not a robot" CAPTCHA prompt kept expiring every 90 sec. This happened in both Chrome and Forefox. I was also presented with a photo-selection verification a couple of times, but it made no difference. Have you heard of that before?

Since the old Google+ interface was removed, forcing everyone onto the newer one, I noticed that Blogger no longer...

Since the old Google+ interface was removed, forcing everyone onto the newer one, I noticed that Blogger no longer presents your communities (ones you're a member of) when sharing a new blog post. It only shows people and your person categories. What's the recommended method of sharing to a community now?

Selecting the Right Target

Selecting the Right Target

It's sad but true that few people bother with the Google+ hashtags, either relying on an automatic selection of leaving their posts with none. However, it also seems few people use their Circles effectively, either, and one culprit is the ability to post to Public, meaning anyone who has them in their Circles. This annoys me greatly as I mostly have people in my Circles for a given reason (e.g. genealogy), and so receiving posts about cooking, religious messages, etc., is inappropriate. Those posters could have shared with a specific Circle, or the customisable 'Your Circles' target, but no thought was really given to their audience.
 
Is this a problem with the Google+ concept, or a lack of education?

#circlesharing

I want to store my lower-third details "in the cloud".

I want to store my lower-third details "in the cloud". They appear to be held somewhere on the local machine, and that means I have to recreate them when I switch (which is often), and the saved sets occasionally disappear without warning.