I'm not as optomistic as yourself. Outside of my IT friends Google+ is currently a joke. Even inside my group theres a strong division, theres a strong feeling

I'm not as optomistic as yourself. Outside of my IT friends Google+ is currently a joke. Even inside my group theres a strong division, theres a strong feeling that Google is going to far, alot of people are already upset with Googles privacy issues adn this is a whole new level of issues. The next thing is 20mil may seem like a great figure, but thats only ~7% of gmail users. That figure is actually pretty average in terms of its user base and a hot new product a month in. I would be slightly concerned if I was the product manager... especially with reports of decline already... And don't pretend the invite thing why its low, I don't know a person who hasn't got an invite including both my elderly parents. I don't think Google will fail because of the army of fan boys and wannabes, but I don't think in its current iteration it offers anything that can grow a community.