"Hey, go `like' my status update," is less awkward?"

Yes. Yes, it is.

Not that I think that's Google's problem here, but yeah, "like" is much more natural than "plussed".

Yes, "like" is much less awkward because it actually makes sense to say "I like your picture" and doesn't make sense to say "I plus one your picture". On your second point, I don't think Facebook was filled with geeks, it was filled with all sorts of college students.

> all new platforms and technologies are first used by geeks

Including social networks? I highly doubt that.

> Also, I believe the past tense of +1 is +1'd

Which just proves my point, because "I plus oned that" is even more difficult to say and type. The word 'one' has no fluid way of being written or spoken as a verb. Plus one'd? +1-ed? Plus 1'd?

And yes, telling someone to 'like' something is far less awkard. Like is already a verb.

And 'like' will probably still be used, even on G+, making the whole 'how do you pronounce +1' really irrelevant.

I inked you! (Short for incremented)