> Michael O’Kelly in the Google+ comments pointed out that the scheme was also in conflict with option-value/learning I miss Google+ (and even more Google Buzz

> Michael O’Kelly in the Google+ comments pointed out that the scheme was also in conflict with option-value/learning I miss Google+ (and even more Google Buzz that came before it, and FriendFeed before that). It's true that it was mostly a failure, but the fact that 2011 Google engineers were encouraged to participate in public on it meant there was a great seed for lots of really interesting technical discussions. HN (and ML Twitter, and maybe a few sub-Reddits) are the closest substitutes now, but not really the same.