Hi Patrick, thanks for your post - I checked my blog against your list of seven, and I am going to investigate a more robust commenting plugin for my blog. Also, comments on my blog are moderated, and I never thought about the day of the post that with multiple peeps reading one comment sparks another, etc. Will my blog comment spam filter catch the spam if I change the settings to open?
Question for you - I participate on some Twitter chats (#b2bchat and #blogchat). Did you just riff off the chat (note I did not say "rip" off) to write this post? Were you a participant? The facilitator? It's a great idea as it highlights others and pulls together a great list!
JayBaer , thanks for the thorough analysis. I've been reading the how-to snippets and initial reactions to Google +, but this put a lot in perspective and brought in some history I had forgotten. At the least seeing the developments in social media is very entertaining!