Some will note that the email address used to set up a service, such as Google+, is a "forever" issue, in the sense that Google+ apparently does not support changing an email address later. The obvious example is signing up using a work address, instead of a web mail account. "Another issue I ran into is that I got my initial invitation to Google , and built my Google network around a Gmail address (s3kur3@gmail.com). Whenever an update posts from one of my circles, or someone sends me a message, or some new person adds me to one of their Circles, Google sends me an update. The problem is that I don't use Gmail, and I don't want to use Gmail, so I never see those updates."
Of course, some of us decided to use Gmail, as the permanent address of record, precisely for that reason. When I use any other work-related email, I always have the mail automatically resent to my Gmail account. I do have some work addresses that are active, but unused simply because I don't even want to bother setting up the forwarding.
Address permanence is an issue for lots of people, though. So be careful, if you haven't already joined.
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