Clearly not. 1) It would make sense if you see the world only as one big group (i.e. without any "circles"), like Facebook does. But having different levels an

Clearly not. 1) It would make sense if you see the world only as one big group (i.e. without any "circles"), like Facebook does. But having different levels an types of relationships is G+'s strong point. This totally contradicts this point. 2) In Picasa, the setting was "private" and it was private. Now, that suddenly changes and there is no way back. Many people have relied on the former policy and know have a big "surprise, you are screwed" flashing on their screen. Not good. And there are more reasons, but these two are already more than sufficient.