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G+ has been dead for a _long_ time. Google has actually let this service stick around much longer than others it killed with far more active users.
by tdurden 8y ago
G+ has been dead for a _long_ time. Google has actually let this service stick around much longer than others it killed with far more active users.
- Kye 8y agoThey probably had a lot to untangle from their systems after they tried to make it the company's sole focus.
- skybrian 8y agoA dead language is one nobody speaks. There are still some of us on Google+, so no it's not dead yet. I don't really get this attitude. If a web forum that most people haven't heard of with ~100 users shut down, it would still be sad for those users.
- tdurden 8y ago> If a web forum that most people haven't heard of with ~100 users shut down, it would still be sad for those users. I agree. I was really referring to G+ being even a remote competitor to FB, which it never was. It is definitely a loss to see it go, but not unexpected.
- mcv 8y agoThey shouldn't have tried to make it defeat FB. They should have let it be its own thing. For a while, Google+ was far superior to Facebook or Twitter, even if less people were using it. They should have stuck with that.
- Kye 8y agoIt was a different era. All the marketing press was talking about how focused search, like Amazon and Facebook's own search systems, would be the death of Google. They seemed to believe it.
- tomjen3 8y agoOur family is on G+. I am looking for a replacement (being the techie, getting people to migrate is on me). I am on Facebook, but who wants to be friends with their parents? Yes there is mastodon, SSB (nice in theory), etc but those are essentially replacements for Twitter, haven't found anything that is a replacement for G+. I have gone so far as to consider setting up a usenet server. E-mail lists are an option, but I would love something with more privacy.