[rainedin]

I still fail to really grasp what Google+ is.

I'd actually rather a de-centralised platform. And prefer a glorious feed organiser.

Very simple open comment/status feed APIs would be more beneficial for the community at large with a pub/sub mechanism that was easy to understand and utilise.

Add an RSS feed for a news website, add a Twitter feed, or friend, add a Facebook (channel for a better word), or whatever. Organise these somehow. Integrate privacy controls. This would probably suit a next generation browser rather than an online silo.