Google+ had a chance to compete with Facebook

The central premise, that Google+ suffered for lack of brand pages seems flawed to me. I suspect that like me, people use Google+ to read posts by other people, not to be advertised to. Google+ has users making interesting posts in abundance. As an example, see how many Google+ posts have been shared on HN versus Facebook posts.

What Google+ has given me is what I wanted all along - asymetrical following without the limitations of Twitter and without the need for someone to create a brand page before following them becomes acceptible.

A bit of a premature judgment wouldn't you say..? Sensationalist media at its best.

I think I'm going to start collecting these "Google+ is dead!" articles. It'll be fun to look back at them someday.

how do these useless articles make it to the front page of hn..... sigh...

This turns into a redirect loop on the iPad as it tries to send you to the touch version, then the article, then the touch version, then the article...

Google+ needs to add their nearby feature to the web version. They need a stand out feature and that is it.