Lack of interest Google Plus Button Enabled By Default

[Brent W]

Is there a reason this isn't enabled by default?

 

[Mike]

I'd have to check if its improved, but when it debuted, it added something like 15 HTTP requests to the page and caused a noticeable slow down.

 

[Tracy Perry]

I'd have to check if its improved, but when it debuted, it added something like 15 HTTP requests to the page and caused a noticeable slow down.

It hasn't improved that much. I disabled it after having it enabled for that reason. Any site test I ran always pointed to it as one of the slow downs.