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    until the people I know are actually on Plus, 
    G+ events are just going to be something else 
    just for the geeks

That should not a problem, as most of the people you know, have a Google account, and implicitly are subscribers of Google+

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That's interesting. I like Google+, but none of my friends use it. Inviting them to events would be one way of getting them started. Would be even better if I could invite people without Google accounts by e-mail, to make it generally usable for everyone.

> Would be even better if I could invite people without Google accounts by e-mail, to make it generally usable for everyone.

You can do this now. Just type in an email address in the field where you add people/circles. The user who receives the invite can set his availability-status without having a + account. Anything else (posting, commenting, adding photos etc.) requires an account though.

Anything else (posting, commenting, adding photos etc.) requires an account though.

For now. Google's patent on "ghost profiles"[1] is probably intended to fix that.

[1]: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=_FULAgAAEBAJ&dq=s...

That's great! I'm trying this now. Hopefully Google isn't too clever here, though... I know that of the people I e-mailed use Google Apps, so perhaps Google detects that it's an Google Apps address and enforces Google+ account creation.

Sure. On paper, as a Google account holder, I'm a G+ user. But I'm not.

I haven't used it but I'm guessing that the invites will be tightly integrated with email. The user experience will probably be something like invite users by email. Ones that have gmail/G+ can click through to further integration. Others will simply see an invite page (a la evite).

It's only not a problem if they get alerted via email when people invite them to events. Unlike Facebook, people don't check their G+ every day, so it's more likely that they won't see that event being posted without explicitly being invited by email. And if that's the way G+ events are being promoted, I might as well just set up an email list.

There are opt-out email alerts, and you can also invite people without G+ profiles to the event. The advantages over an email list can be convenience for the sender, the look of the invitation, and additional features for those who have G+ profiles.

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