I think it was to be expected in Asia, with China blocking them, but the real surprise was that people are quitting it in its core market: North America. And th

I think it was to be expected in Asia, with China blocking them, but the real surprise was that people are quitting it in its core market: North America. And that was even before Google+ was announced. The launch of Google+ will only accelerate the exodus, because I believe there are a lot of Facebook early adopters who got tired of it, and they couldn't wait to move on to the next big thing. Unfortunately, until Google+ there was no such thing.