I'm disappointed to see that Google is still pushing +. I almost left the platform when they tried to jam it down my throat last time, and it seemed as though they'd come to their senses and shuttered that misguided project. I'm genuinely surprised to see that people are still working on it.
There's actually been a huge changeover in Google+ in the last year. Luke Wroblewski is the new product director there, and he's absolutely busted up some of Google's worst ideas of design. Another huge thing he's done is made the change and feedback process for Google+ extremely public, whereas since 2011, it's primarily been "people notice something changed" as with most Google sites, and now we get changelogs from the man.
I absolutely recommend people check out what he posts: https://plus.google.com/+LukeWroblewski is his G+, but he's actually surprisingly active on LinkedIn of all places, and I'm pretty sure Twitter as well.
