You don't need to follow people to find content - you can follow Pages, Communities, and #topics. That makes it very similar to sub-Reddits.
I can scroll through my stream pretty quickly. j/k keys work great.
Reddit isn't a good substitute for anything I already use. It augments them. Google+ is the same, it augments the things I already use.
A unique attraction for me is that when I +1 something, and later Google Search, I can find my own +1'd things very, very quickly. That's a completely unique feature.
Try to find anything you ever saw on Facebook or Reddit, for comparison.
I've not found any Pages or Communities that were worth the effort. And however fast you page, you still end up viewing close to one item per page, which is ridiculous. I want to see at least 10, preferably 20 or more. (Worse, G+'s endless pages mean you never get very far down the stream even if you try.)
I can scroll through my stream pretty quickly. j/k keys work great.
Reddit isn't a good substitute for anything I already use. It augments them. Google+ is the same, it augments the things I already use.
A unique attraction for me is that when I +1 something, and later Google Search, I can find my own +1'd things very, very quickly. That's a completely unique feature.
Try to find anything you ever saw on Facebook or Reddit, for comparison.