Google+ is new to more people than you can imagine.
Whether they have been here a while and are now just beginning to get into it, or if someone has just joined, notifications can be strange and disconcerting. You are shared in a circle, or your post makes the hot list. Guess what happens? You get new followers, sometimes a lot all at once. Bless these people, because they know not what they do. They are so happy to know you that they blindly notify you of all the interesting things they are certain you would want to know about.
What's wrong with that? Well, it would be that bad if you just got a few more digits in your notification box, but it doesn't work out that way. As it seems, when you first sign up for Google+, these notifications are also sent to you as emails. Argh! More SPAM! Well, that's the way it feels.
But let's think about it. Is it really spam? Or is the problem in notifications? Well Google actually provides us a way to zero in on this particular issue and eliminate those emails without affecting any of our other notifications.
Here's how you can "fix" it:
1) Click the arrow next to your picture up there on the top right (see examples below). Then click "settings." That's where all your Google settings live.
2) On the left are a bunch of headings. Click on Google+
3) You will see a list of notifications with two columns to the right. One is labeled Email and the other is labeled Phone.
4) Scroll down to the setting for "Shares a post with me directly"
5) Uncheck the setting for Email.
6) That's it!
No more pesky emails when someone "blindly" notifies you. It won't change "Mentions me in a post." That setting is for public notifications (+mentions). Trust me folks, this will change your life. Enjoy.
- Written by +Jack C Crawford (Contributing Editor)
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