Is Google Plus A Social Media Failure?

The trade press is awash in negative Google articles.   Here is one of them.   I think the author's comments about "jeopardizing Google itself" are a bit over the top, but Google has hit a very rough patch on many fronts.   I find Google + quite different and interesting than Facebook.  Facebook is where friends and family are.   For me Google + is more about encountering interesting information.  I really don't like that I can't automate posts to Google + from the outside like I can to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.   I think it is too early to pass judgement on Google or Google +.  Time will tell.  Here is the article: https://tiny.cc/ra2fs