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What exactly does "sunsetting consumer Google+" mean? The blog post wasn't particularly enlightening. Are they shutting down Google+ as a social network?

coltonv 8y ago
From the article: "Action 1: We are shutting down Google+ for consumers." They will keep it active as an internal network, but regular old joes won't be able to use Google+ anymore.
- mc32 8y ago
  What about enterprise customers, does that remain or get sunset?
  - Operyl 8y ago
    They're going to continue to develop is, according to the post.
    - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
      So why not just also leave it alone for the "consumers" who have developed communities there?
      - Operyl 8y ago
        Asking the wrong person there, probably a lot easier for them I guess.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > They will keep it active as an internal network Probably, but the key point made in the article is that it will continue as an enterprise product, not just an internal one (though presumably Google is one of the enterprises that will continue using it.)
- leephillips 8y ago
  So, nothing's changing?
  - slater 8y ago
    Ha!
urda 8y ago
What exactly does "sunsetting consumer Google+" mean? The blog post wasn't particularly enlightening. Are they shutting down Google+ as a social network? FTA: Action 1: We are shutting down Google+ for consumers. seems pretty obvious that's the case.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
  I mean, I get the term "sunsetting" - that isn't the problem. I don't know what "consumer Google+" means. I can guess that it might refer to the use of Google+ by ordinary people as a social network, but I'm far from certain of that interpretation.
  - anticensor 8y ago
    It is one you access via https://plus.google.com https://plus.google.com .
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Operyl 8y ago
They are shutting down the consumer version, which is the public edition. They are going to continue to develop and market Google+ for Businesses (like Facebook for Work).

coltonv 8y ago

From the article: "Action 1: We are shutting down Google+ for consumers." They will keep it active as an internal network, but regular old joes won't be able to use Google+ anymore.

mc32 8y ago
What about enterprise customers, does that remain or get sunset?
- Operyl 8y ago
  They're going to continue to develop is, according to the post.
  - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
    So why not just also leave it alone for the "consumers" who have developed communities there?
    - Operyl 8y ago
      Asking the wrong person there, probably a lot easier for them I guess.
dragonwriter 8y ago
> They will keep it active as an internal network Probably, but the key point made in the article is that it will continue as an enterprise product, not just an internal one (though presumably Google is one of the enterprises that will continue using it.)
leephillips 8y ago
So, nothing's changing?
- slater 8y ago
  Ha!

urda 8y ago

What exactly does "sunsetting consumer Google+" mean? The blog post wasn't particularly enlightening. Are they shutting down Google+ as a social network? FTA: Action 1: We are shutting down Google+ for consumers. seems pretty obvious that's the case.

_emacsomancer_ 8y ago
I mean, I get the term "sunsetting" - that isn't the problem. I don't know what "consumer Google+" means. I can guess that it might refer to the use of Google+ by ordinary people as a social network, but I'm far from certain of that interpretation.
- anticensor 8y ago
  It is one you access via https://plus.google.com https://plus.google.com .

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Operyl 8y ago

They are shutting down the consumer version, which is the public edition. They are going to continue to develop and market Google+ for Businesses (like Facebook for Work).