Okay folks, after Google's decision to make Google+ optional when creating a Google account, I'm really concerned about the future of Google+

I know you heard this from so many, over and over again, and G+ is still here. And it will be here for a very long time. It's not going away anytime soon.
But the concern of relevance is here. People are using standards, and having an additional effort after asked to make a public profile, the answer will likely be no.

I have the feeling, it got more quiet since that announcement. Companies don't find this look out attractive. Still Google+ is very active, but having over 3100 people in my circles, it recently can take hours before a recognized amount of messages are coming in.

So what to do, to save the fricking best platform for news and interactions on the net? Are people too ignorant to use it?