I think the big difference people are looking past is that when people left myspace for facebook, facebook was clearly better. With Google+ vs. Facebook this is

I think the big difference people are looking past is that when people left myspace for facebook, facebook was clearly better. With Google+ vs. Facebook this is not the case. Facebook is still a much better platform with a better UI, more features, and more mature developer resources. The numbers facebook puts out clearly contrast all the articles saying how they will be replaced etc. They're on track to hit a billion users, period.