Google+ leadership was not trying to build a product and grow a userbase. They were concerned about driving metrics, and only tangentially building a product.

Google+ leadership was not trying to build a product and grow a userbase. They were concerned about driving metrics, and only tangentially building a product. As if you could shove a half baked social product down on enough peoples throat by inorganic means, then hope that the network effect will do most of the work for you.