A large amount of employees have been moved from Google+ to Hangouts and Android.
I think Hangouts is going to be their new standard, unfortunately the transition will likely be fragmented because it's not forced in Android yet.
I've seen a very positive response to Google Hangouts, if they successfully (seamlessly) integrate it into Android then it could be a wildly successfully product. I'm not crazy about the name ("Connect" would be a good alternative IMO) and there should be some more calling/voicemail integration features.
Yeah, it's easy to put too much subjective content in a post unnecessarily.
I'd personally never post a video of me crying about a mistake I made on the internet for friends, family, employees/business contacts to potentially see, but there's no point in judging people when their actions don't harm anyone at all.
It seems that a deleted YouTube channel can still be recovered and that the only thing that's lost is the views, private messages, and comments.
The reason this lady deleted her account was that she was tired of receiving notifications, that setting can be changed here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/settings
I'd love to see Google+ turn into a LinkedIn and Facebook killer. I just have no use for Google+ at the moment. I don't really like the tiles display and would prefer a list.
The YouTube integration doesn't bother me at all because 1) I don't post YouTube comments, and 2) it's easy enough to just create a separate account for using with services that you don't want associated with your main Google account.
I think Hangouts is going to be their new standard, unfortunately the transition will likely be fragmented because it's not forced in Android yet.
I've seen a very positive response to Google Hangouts, if they successfully (seamlessly) integrate it into Android then it could be a wildly successfully product. I'm not crazy about the name ("Connect" would be a good alternative IMO) and there should be some more calling/voicemail integration features.