"Your assessment is no surprising at all - very valid points in my opinion. Its no doubt in Shiny Mode at the moment and -far- from guaranteed success but Im hopeful for the following reasons: 1. I really don't love the social networking options available to date. They are all good enough. Twitter sucks when it comes to conversations - we've just gotten used to it. I like the all encompassing potential of G+ but they will have to play nice with other networks. There's definitely no room for yet another network. 2. Threaded, topical discussions is why I fell in love with Friendfeed. I see that here and want it to succeed 3. I'm not ready to declare failure given the missing features. I think opening it up to a few whilst they roll out all of the features was smart. The feedback they have received before a formal GA must be gold. That said, serious features are missing for a full blown V1 release, especially mobile, and its very risky. To wean people off Facebook is going to take a lot..." - Sameer