My neighbor recently suggested that her 20 year old daughter might really like Hubski and that she was going to tell her to spend time here. Nobody wants to hang out where their mom thinks is cool though, so I seriously doubt that she'll become a part of our community. Google is like the "mom" in this situation. Now, nobody wants to hang out at G+.I think people dislike Google Plus as a social network because it's forced on you.
-I agree that this is a major reason that people haven't more enthusiastically adopted it. When they first launched is was by invite only, right? There was a ton of buzz and I recall people being excited to check it out. If they had stuck with that instead of the forced nature, perhaps it would have continued to hold our interest.
This is an interesting way of putting it because in my opinion, Facebook is turning into that "mom",-mostly because parents are on the network, so it's not cool anymore. In the end, I think Facebook and G+ will go the way of the dodo. Things like Snapchat and other ethereal tech will take its place, primarily. Or maybe I'll finally get a good messaging app that everyone will use.