I'll be the first to admit that it is hard to win my trust; and, once you've lost my trust, it is unlikely that I will ever trust you again as I once did. Thus, it should come as no surprise that I don't trust Larry Page or Google when it comes to their promises regarding Google+. Don't get me wrong. I am one of the few that still stubbornly uses Google+, but I don't trust that any content posted there is going to stick in the long term. Why the lack of faith? I've been betrayed by Google before, and Google Reader is only the latest in a string of disappointments. It is the most prominent and certainly the most painful of Google betrayals, but I doubt it will be the last.
And still. I use Google+
Masochistic tendencies? Perhaps.