I used G+ actively for many years (more often than Facebook, in fact), up until a year or two ago when a format change caused it to suddenly take up far more re

I used G+ actively for many years (more often than Facebook, in fact), up until a year or two ago when a format change caused it to suddenly take up far more resources -- I use fairly old machines & use them heavily, so having some hunk of javascript taking up 100% of one CPU is grounds for ditching a site entirely. If Google would improve their performance for that site, I would still be using it regularly: it always had a better signal to noise ratio than Facebook or Tumblr. Today, my only involvement in G+ is as an administrator for a handful of communities (mostly relating to the fandoms of 60s and 70s countercultural figures -- one of a handful of subjects where, like tech, the G+ communities are more active and have a better signal to noise ratio than FB).