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Uh, the ones that don't require iOS don't work at all. Fact checking, anyone?

Either that, or they worked when researching the article, but 5 days later didn't and decided to post it anyway...

I just tried going to https://plus.google.com/u/0/me with a gmail account I don't have a profile for and was prompted to sign in and then create a profile & continue. Seems it's hit or miss just like sharing content from g+ members to non g+ members sometimes allows profile creation and sometimes doesn't.

My email is in my profile I'm more than happy to send share notices to anyone wanting to try and create a profile.

I think you made a Google Profile and are sharing with Buzz. What happens when you visit plus.google.com?

It comes up with plus just like it's supposed to.

edit for clarity: When I tried this I got the same google plus profile creation screen as when I signed up with my actual google account.

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