And the shutdown seems to be fuzzy, because I can still post to Google+, +1 things, and presumably do other usual G+ things despite it telling me it's shutdown.

And the shutdown seems to be fuzzy, because I can still post to Google+, +1 things, and presumably do other usual G+ things despite it telling me it's shutdown. Now I'm only occasionally reloading to watch my follower count drop as things get deleted. I still feel the early variant of + with the original implementation of Circles (back in 2012) was one of the most useful takes on social sharing I've come across. And it worked especially well for photographers. Once they moved everybody to Collections I stopped using it with any regularity, and stuck mostly to groups/Communities. Hitching YouTube to it was basically the last straw. When I made a farewell post last month it had been about four years since my previous completely-Public post. The platform had flaws, and I'm a bit sad to see it go, but I won't particularly miss it. Cheers,