In short, I don't buy the idea that "grandma can't understand this" as a reason to deny a feature that a lot of people want. Along those lines, what people are

In short, I don't buy the idea that "grandma can't understand this" as a reason to deny a feature that a lot of people want. Along those lines, what people are asking for here is pretty much the ability to make Google+ a bit more like Twitter. From conversations with grandma and her ilk, grandma doesn't get Twitter, either, so I don't think you're losing very much. Google+ seems to be positioning itself as the Android to Facebook's iPhone, for people that want more control and don't mind jumping through a few more hoops as long as they have it. I think they've still got some complexity to burn, especially if they continue to make the UI as easy to comprehend as it's been thus far.