A couple of writers I follow on Google+ have commented on this article by Dan Reimold calling Google+ "worse than a ghost town".

Two things. First, why does the title of the article put "Worse Than a Ghost Town" in quotes? The phrase is the author's own words from the article itself. He's not reporting something somebody else said. [That should be "First, I am a bonehead." Chris corrected me in the comments.]

Second, I agree with Guy Kawasaki:

I feel like it's a resort that the tourists haven't trashed yet.

I have a big backlog of stuff in my Google+ stream that I wish I had time to catch up on. Granted, a lot of it is from Guy himself, but there's plenty of good stuff from other people too.

That said:

• I wouldn't mind seeing more of my friends on Google+, as opposed to people I know only by reputation.
• Although posting on Google+ is pleasurable in the same way as writing a blog post, I don't see it ever replacing my own blog.
• They really, really have to allow me to edit the excerpt they add when I post a link. It matters a lot to me to be able to pick an excerpt that enhances any point I am trying to make and that will make people want to click the link.

A commenter on Reimold's article points out:

Face book is a social network, but G+ is also an Interest network.

Guy makes a similar point but uses the word "passions". Not my favorite word, but I agree. When I say I want to see more of my friends on Google+, I mean my fellow Cocoa geeks and judo enthusiasts. There's a whole other category of social interaction I prefer to do on Facebook.