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The actual reason was when they pushed Google+ and tried to make that the centre of Google. Everything else that had a social element had to be killed. Anything

• b112 1mo ago
  Including the inanity of the + operator being a "this word unchanged must appear in results" modifier. So when they hot patched search, it broke, as +aliens looked for the plus name aliens only. Then some bonkers spokesperson for google said "oh just use quotes", which at the time did nothing even remotely the same. I loath this person for eternity, her lies, and her waving off of reporters concerns. Thus verbatim was introduced, validating quotes weren't the same, yet which wouldn't work with date ranges, and is lame. So goes the "professionalisn" of Google, or "screw around like uncoordinated idiots". To say Plus was inane and destructive to Google is vastly understating. And everyone involved in Plus were buffoons. You know, I wish could speak freely on this topic, but as a public forum, I have held back some vitriol.
  • tdeck 1mo ago
    Im glad someone else still remembers the plus operator. I miss it.
• eloisant 1mo ago
  ...and them pushing Google+ despite their users best interests was the first signal the good years were finished.