[robtoo]

I can actually see a good argument for the API remaining read-only so that Google+ emphasises original content and doesn't just end up as a ghost-town full of content syndicated in from elsewhere and sending people off to another site to join in the real conversation.

[wgx]

Yeah good point.

Surely this will be unavoidable for Google - they'll need to open up write access for third party apps, and they'll be wanting those for sure.

[thomaslangston]

It'd be fine by me if Google didn't open up API write access, or if they did such messages were banished to another tab, like the Games section.

[AndrewDucker]

Then the majority will not use it, because they will not want to abandon the old site entirely.