The first reason dates back to when I started using G+. Two of my first three circlers were, and still are as far as I can tell, bots. Out of vanity, I decided not to display that number until the percentage of real circlers increased.
The second reason, and the reason the number remains blocked, is that it doesn't matter. It may reflect on the quality of my posts, but it has no relationship to me as a person.
This second point was brought home when I read a tweet from a well known figure in which he belittled someone's opinion based on the number of followers that person had. He was equating a person's value with their popularity; and that is shortsighted.
I'll let my posts and comments stand on their own, without a circle count to give them validity. It's simpler that way.
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