Google+ – How Anonymous Mobile Users Access Public Posts

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Let's imagine my mother gets a new laptop and a new smart phone. My goal would be for her to be able to see my Google+ "Posts" page without having to log into Google.

From a laptop, without logging in to Google, it's easy to see people's public Google+ posts be simply navigating to their "Posts" page (i.e. https://plus.google.com/107770072576338242009/posts).

From a smart phone, however, again without logging in to Google, if you try to go directly to the same "Posts" page (https://plus.google.com/107770072576338242009/posts), you are redirected to m.google.com where you see a link to "Posts", but if you click it, you are asked to sign in with your Google account. This is odd to me. The posts are public; they should be anonymously viewable from a smart phone just like they are from a laptop.

A workaround for anonymous smart phone users to view Google+ "Posts" pages without logging in is to first navigate to the user's "Photos" page, such as (https://plus.google.com/photos/107770072576338242009/albums/posts) and then click the user's name (i.e. "Philip Durbin]") to get their "Posts" page, but this is a kludge. Is there a better way?

Best Answer

A workaround for anonymous smart phone users to view Google+ "Posts" pages without logging in is to first navigate to the user's "Photos" page, such as this one, and then click the user's name (i.e. "Philip Durbin") to get their "Posts" page.