Don't get me wrong, but I'm getting slightly annoyed by the tiny Google+ icon right below the voting controls, in the er... social bar. The size is OK, but the color... well:
I swear, at first I thought it was a bounty added to the question. We are used to see red elements as important stuff, but I don't know, the G+ color is quite distracting.
Both Facebook and Twitter icons have light colors, almost as if blending to the background. But the G+ one is certainly drawing my attention. It's screaming "look at me look at me!" :)
I'd like to suggest to lighten up the icon a little, like the following image:
It looks more discreet to me.
Sorry for the rant. It's the red color effect. :)
:)
Maybe @Jin could lighten up the Google+ icon for us; the other icon blend nicely.:)
Maybe the current icon would look better on a dark theme based SE site, like Gaming.:)
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I removed my other suggestion of moving the social bar elsewhere, so Jeff won't kill me.:)