What I mean is that the public communities seem to have lost whatever participants they had originally had. Now it's a lot like reading the comments section on

What I mean is that the public communities seem to have lost whatever participants they had originally had. Now it's a lot like reading the comments section on the local paper's website, only with names which are more difficult to pronounce. Lots of trolling, lots of spamming, lots of Pe0PLe Wh0 ++don't__ knoW h0w to Wr1te!!!1!11!eleven!! I still have some affection for G+, but … it's kinda like the affection one has for an awkward family photo from one's youth.