I'm old enough to remember Google+ being released. The limited beta is what prevented my friends from adopting it. Facebook had just released another garbage re

I'm old enough to remember Google+ being released. The limited beta is what prevented my friends from adopting it. Facebook had just released another garbage redesign and we were all eager to drop it like a rock. Actually now that I think about it, I would argue that the limited beta (and weird invite program) of GMail slowed its adoption as well.