Just this past week I've finally stopped checking Google+ because I only ever saw posts from my Google employee friends. Am I the exception or the rule here? Is Google+ getting any traction?<p>I prefer it to Facebook and hoped it would take off, but, based on my anecdotal personal experience, I fear it's going the way of Buzz and Wave. If their new platform is on a sinking ship, it's hard for me to get excited about writing apps for it.
The java api access was already published[1], however ruby will probably need a few more minutes[2]<p>[1] <a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/updates/list" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/updates/list</a><p>[2] <a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-api-ruby-client/updates/list" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/google-api-ruby-client/updates/list</a>
This is great news. Now Googlers can use their own API to create apps for other Googlers to interact in unique ways with eachother.<p>Seriously, someone else has mentioned it, but 90% of the activity I see is from Google employees. The whole thing feels so artificial at this point. I would be really surprised if G+ goes anywhere from here, but best of luck to them.