Just today, Google said it’s Google+ service has approximately 100 million users, down from the 150 million it touted as it’s annual developer’s brouhaha.

This is active users, as opposed to people who have accounts but never use them (like me).

I’m not sure how I feel about this. I have no inherent dislike of Facebook, I make the occasional post and use it to keep in touch with friends, schedule gatherings, and just generally see what’s going on. Even so, when Google+ was announced I really wanted to see it arise as a viable alternative to, if not direct competitor of, Facebook.

Sadly, that doesn’t seem to have been the case. In my own personal experience, I have found Google+ jarringly obtuse and cumbersome to use, which is in direct contrast to the genius design of their Google search page. Its concepts and ideas and philosophy are good, but its implementation is, in my opinion, lacking.

I’m going to give it another look, however, and see how it’s faring. I’m curious if any of you use Google+, and if so what you think of it, and if not, why not? I want to use it, I want it to succeed, but I just haven’t gotten the hang of it yet.

I’ll keep trying.