I'm in no way surprised. I thought this was a questionable idea when it debuted and it never struck me as something that could actually grow into something popu

I'm in no way surprised. I thought this was a questionable idea when it debuted and it never struck me as something that could actually grow into something popular. Part of the issue, I think, is that Google as a company fundamentally does not understand content. (YouTube is the one exception here and even with YouTube, the way the whole YouTube partner program works, the way the ad side is run and other aspects make it clear that they still really don't get content -- they just happen to have a great platform and a few people trying to convince people who make more than them to think outside the algorithm). It was an interesting idea but marred with poor execution and a dwindling Google+ audience.