yeah right now g+ doesnt give you social graph data yet, we are working on linkedin and twitter however with twitter a lot of people follow brands or people they don't know
scaling friends of friends, combined with geo location, timeframe and interest tags has been an engineer challenge but we are starting to look into other graphs like above
It frustrates me to find yet another site that is unusable without signing up through Facebook. Not everyone uses Facebook (cough, cough-- me), and some who do don't want to grant access to personal information.
Also, what makes this site any different from simply utilizing one's social graph directly on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc? Why would one need your service when he/she could just tell their Facebook friends, "Hey everyone, I'm traveling to Rome this week. Does anyone have friends there I should meet?"
I think if you have a solid answer for this, it may need to be communicated more clearly on your landing page.
On the upside, good job with the site design. That part is pretty solid for a first go.
scaling friends of friends, combined with geo location, timeframe and interest tags has been an engineer challenge but we are starting to look into other graphs like above