Google+ is Shutting Down

[EpicEnergy 23,139]

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/427938-google-to-close-google-plus-accounts-april-2 

Google has announced that they are going to shut down Google+ completely in April 2019, two months away, and the process has already started. Basically, their primary reasons are because (1) a detrimental bug has occurred that compromised some sensitive information of many Google+ users and (2) Google+ doesn’t have much usage anyways. More information here.

Shutting down Google+ will also affect negatively affect some aspects of YouTube, though nothing major.

What are your thoughts on Google+ shutting down? Did you use it at all? Will you miss it?

I personally don’t use it at all, though I do have an account on it. Because I don’t use it, there is nothing for me to backup (eg., posts, comments, data), so I’m good to go. I do empathize with those who have used Google+ frequently though, since they have to say goodbye to this social media platform permanently.

Edited February 1, 2019 by EpicEnergy

[A French Derpy full of Salt 404]

Google+?

You mean "ey! I'm like facebook, but I'm not like facebook! I'm red and useless!" ?

Edited February 1, 2019 by A French Derpy full of Salt

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,594]

And nothing of value was lost.

In all honesty, I'm surprised it stuck around for as long as it did after its disastrous roll-out in 2013. 

Edited February 1, 2019 by TheAnimationFanatic

[TBD 17,253]

I'm a  little bit sad since so much memories there....well time to save my old pictures post. What a drag. 

[RDDash 19,151]

I actually liked it, I am sure the minority of people who use it is going to miss the unpopular website

[CheeryFox 23,819]

Oh...the relic is going 'buh-bye'...bye! 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,291]

I understand why Google tried this service, but it simply wasn't intuitive. Most of the time it made simple tasks far more complicated than they should ever be. I doubt many people will miss it.

[Photon Jet 5,491]

Uh, don't you mean 'April 2019'? We've already gone past 2018. I don't want to see any confusion on here.

Edited February 1, 2019 by Photon Jet

[Here No Longer 5,276]

I certainly won't miss it.

[Guest]

I was an early user but quickly gave up in the platform due to not being very useful. Ultimately it’s death has been in the works for years now. It was on life support anyway.

[Ganondorf8 11,259]

Google+? I can honestly say that I never knew it existed before until it got brought up here.

[Misty Shadow 7,816]

I completely forgot Google+ existed.  Though it wasn't that bad, and people freaked out a little too much over its inception regarding Youtube, I really can't say I'll miss it because it didn't offer me anything of interest. 

[EpicEnergy 23,139]

2 hours ago, Photon Jet said:

Uh, don't you mean 'April 2019'? We've already gone past 2018. I don't want to see any confusion on here.

Thanks for pointing that out, my bad. 

[Megas 27,551]

Good fucking riddance, it was just a blatant attempt to cash in on the success of Facebook that was going nowhere, and then forcing it on everyone who just wanted youtube just turned more people away from it

[Cirrus. 1,089]

I had no use for it, but Google forced me to get it to use YouTube properly.

 

Edited February 7, 2019 by Cirrus.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

I was very much against the merge and now that things were so connected...I really hope Google does something better to make up for Google+

[Will Guide 21,359]

I never really used Google+ all that much anyway.

[GlitterMoon 225]

I never used it that much but I made some friendships there so I'll miss it.

[Phosphor 11,528]

I have a google+ account since a couple games (Sonic Dash 1 and 2) on my phone required one. Wonder if that will affect them? I don't really play them much anymore tho.

[Cash In 22,181]

I used Google+ a tiny bit, though I haven't touched it for over three years. Their services were okay from what I recall, though some things were difficult.

[Passion 3,484]

Wow. That's shocking. Why would they ever do that, it's not like nobody was using it!

...oh wait, it is.