Google+ Is it the answer to Facebook?

[Alex]

I'm not seeing the distinction. Especially since every time I post on G+ I have to change the default away from "Everybody in the world can see this" (It only seems to remember the filter I used for the last post about 30% of the time).

Haven't tried Hangout and I'm sure I will eventually and I'll probably be proven wrong like I am about so many things I initially resist. But video chat triggers that same visceral reaction as the thought of voluntarily spending my evenings in hell. But maybe that is piggybacking on the fact that videoconferences at work are all universally horrible experiences.