"4 Reasons Artists Are Loving Google+."

A list by Rebecca J. Rosen (of The Atlantic):

1. Google+'s image display page looks really classy.... [Example.]

2. The traffic has been immense...

3. One reason for the increased traffic: Unlike Facebook, it's the norm on Google+ to follow people who are complete strangers....

4. Twitter, like Google+, is good for interacting with strangers. But Twitter's not a great way to display art...

And David Pogue (of the NYT) explains Google+ improves on Facebook.