"If Google cared about its users, it would recognize a major pain point for us: we have too many messages being flung at our footsteps every day, each demanding

"If Google cared about its users, it would recognize a major pain point for us: we have too many messages being flung at our footsteps every day, each demanding a response." Sure, if by "us", you mean the 0.1% of people who are tech journalists, A list bloggers, or other people who populate the noise machine. It always amuses me whenever I see a screenshot from facebook taken to demonstrate something and it has something like 300 unread messages and 80 pending friend requests. The average person does not experience technology the same way that you do from inside your exclusive bubble.