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Is Google+ a Ghost Town, and Does It Matter?

A new study suggests that Google+ is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waning
Is Google+ a Ghost Town, and Does It Matter?
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Google+ is a lonely place. At least according to a new study that paints the social networking site as a virtual tumbleweed town.

Using information culled from the public timelines of 40,000 randomly selected members, data analysis firm RJMetrics found that the Google+ population, which currently numbers 170 million, is largely disengaged, with user activity rapidly decaying—at least when it comes to public posts.