Touché -- and I am going to take a step back and aim to be more open minded about Google+ for much of what I see as problems could be turned around and said for twitter (much flows by, hard to manage history, search issues).
My main concern is if G+ or twitter becomes the only place people put the media they create. We lose the reflection, the narration, and also the ability to connect back to things like the assignment bank.
Your Wikipedia GIF is a great example of taking a Daily Create in a new, unexpected direction.
I have been impressed with the energy of the headless ds106ers who have made G+ an active place, and that is a positive to me. The idea for the Collaboration GIF story, the GIFachrome, the glitchy art all seemed to be things that largely were brewed in that place.
And I have to agree that there are some serious considerations to be made about the size of the active group in either of this spaces.
Now I am honored to get a Double Triple Troll Quote- if only for being a smart*** in Google plus?
+1 #4life