So, There Was a Google+ Update
Something with more "Stream control." In other words, Google gave us the ability to control how much and what content (based on Circle) we want to see in our Stream. This included the ability to see everything from a given Circle, see nearly nothing from a given Circle and to adjust between these two extremes. They gave us the ability to Mute individuals, too. However, unlike the Mute of old, this new one doesn't remove their posts from your stream, it merely prohibits the individual from force-notifying you. Let me explain: if you have a person who normally sends you a notification of their posts (and some people abuse this, while others are welcome) this new Mute allows you to restrict those proactive notifications. Cool, huh? I had a little trouble with the new features at first. I went to a particular Circle, slid the slider over this way and that and finally set it back on the "middle" setting where it began. However, I kept getting notifications ev...