You're right, just found this: "Your email address isn't visible to your Google+ connections until you send them an email, and their email addresses are not vi

You're right, just found this: "Your email address isn't visible to your Google+ connections until you send them an email, and their email addresses are not visible to you until they respond." Doesn't change my opinion on the 'feature,' but does make it less painful. I wonder if the backlash in this thread has more to do with people's distaste for Marco than it does with the issue at hand.