New Google+ Head David Besbris: We’re Here for the Long Haul (Q&A) | Re/code

From a Google social status snapshot

"What’s the end-game for Google+? What are you trying to achieve in the long run?

I don’t think of it as an end game, I think we’re in social — like we’re in everything at Google — for the long haul. We said this at the beginning of the company, we make long-term bets, we make long-term decisions. Social is a whole aspect of computing, much like any other area you would imagine at Google. Behind every one of these screens is a user, it’s an actual person. People are social creatures, they want to share things, they want to learn from each other, they want to ask questions. That’s really important for us as a company how we can deliver on that."

New Google+ Head David Besbris: We’re Here for the Long Haul (Q&A) | Re/code