[afniljl]

I admit I actually rather liked Google+, for certain communities it was really active and well suited. However now that Google is decoupled and free from G+ shackles, it has really room to take off and grow in new areas, which is exciting to see. eg G+ logins will now be returned to G or Gmail branding, probably dramatically increases consumer confidence and mindshare, and other stuff. Developer teams can be fully redeployed to other products etc. Building of "micro" communities within Maps, YouTube, etc will accelerate, and that's really where it should be, rather than forced to accede to G+ product area.