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Why would I want to have all my crufty 'friends' from facebook on G+? I added most of them out of politeness. Let them find me on G+ on their own.

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Because you can put them in a "Waste of Space" circle.

Even in a "Waste of Space" circle, they will be able to pollute your stream.

I sincerely hope we can prevent some circles from appearing in the stream. This missing feature is the main reason why I still use Twitter. On Twitter I have the people I follow so I can get information, while I use google+ to see what my real friends want to share with me. Therefore, If I could hide the "Following" circle from my stream, I would spend less time on Twitter.

The trick is to create a circle of people you want to follow, and then click that circle on the left side of the stream page to see only what they think. I submitted a request for a main stream editor but I doubt they'll implement it.

Apparently you will seen be able to mark circles as not appearing in your default stream display. It might not be flexible enough to do what everyone wants by way of controlling the streams but we'll see when it arrives.

Which would waste just as much time as space.

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