google+ (and -)

There has quite a bit of hullabaloo about google+ today.

So I put out a post on facebook asking for an invite and immediately got one from my friend Jack (thanks!).

And I was really excited to get into the whole google+ing of it all.

But I just don't get it.

And I don't know if it's because it's new, so there aren't very many people on it, or what, but something about it isn't adding up (or plussing up, I suppose). I'm having a hard time finding people on it more than anything. And I've also been trying to figure this out...can people who don't use gmail even use it? 

I'm still excited about it, but I think it will offer better competition to facebook if I can figure out how to fine people on it. 

Thoughts?