Had Google had kept Plus running, they’d probably be reaping the rewards right now, being seen as the obvious refuge for disgruntled Twitter users to migrate to

Had Google had kept Plus running, they’d probably be reaping the rewards right now, being seen as the obvious refuge for disgruntled Twitter users to migrate to instead of what exists now, which is dozens of small, fragmented, networks. Much the same way Reddit provided a natural home for Digg users after the botched v4 release. Plus was intended to defend against Facebook, but turned out to be more like Twitter without the arbitrary character limit.