I do like Google+, but am not a regular user. Might use it more if it had more activity since I like the way it encourages networking around ideas more than ne

I do like Google+, but am not a regular user. Might use it more if it had more activity since I like the way it encourages networking around ideas more than networking around who I already know. I've never used Facebook for that reason -- my social circle is somewhat small and close-knit. All that is a prelude to my total agreement with you. Of all the features of G+, Photos is the one I use most. Auto-Awesome and now Stories are both extremely cool. When combined with the simple filtered sharing G+ allows, it pretty much comprises the majority of my G+ use. I'd be very surprised if they didn't keep them tightly related. I noticed the other day that Docs and Drive were also being somewhat separated from each-other (unless I completely misread the popup for the 2 seconds I glanced). Perhaps they are simply realizing that the "One Google Social Everything" approach wasn't all they thought it would be, and are separating things out some to reduce some systematic complexity it's introduced? Interesting to see where it leads.