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Ok, a lot of people are asking me how they can get in at Google+.
They have an invite, or someone shared a post with them, but Google keeps telling them they have no capacity and they should check back later. Well, sometimes there are openings, you just have to check at the right time. And who wants to sit and hit F5 all the time, right?

Enter Firefox and Greasemonkey. There is a userscript which will keep refreshing by clicking the “You+” button once every 10 seconds. If the page changes, and shows the input fields and combo boxes for actually accepting your invitation, it’ll stop refreshing. So the only thing you’ll have to do is check sometimes, if it’s already there.

Prerequisites:
- You need to have a Google account with a profile and a Gmail address bound
- You need to be logged in to the Google account to which the invite or share was sent
- Google needs to be displayed in English

Here’s the userscript, which some Tweaker on GoT wrote:

// ==UserScript==
// @name Google+ Invitation
// @namespace http://gathering.tweakers.net
// @description Checks whether you are logged into Google +. Otherwise the script will “push” on the “U +” button for you after 30 seconds.
// @include https://plus.google.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
if (document.body.innerHTML.indexOf(‘Keep Me Posted’) !== -1) {
setTimeout(function() {
document.location.href = ‘https://plus.google.com/?tab=XX’;
}, 10000);
} else alert(‘Welcome at Google+!’);

- Install Greasemonkey add-on in Firefox
- Install the script above in Greasemonkey
- Go to https://plus.google.com/?tab=XX
- It’ll automatically start refreshing

This works flawlessly if all prereqs are met. Did this for multiple friends so far.

Good luck!