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Shutting down Google+ for consumer (personal) accounts on April 2, 2019

by jhack on 1/31/19, 4:40 PM with 7 comments

  • by jagger27 on 1/31/19, 5:02 PM

  • by magduf on 1/31/19, 7:39 PM

    As usual, don't rely on any Google service to stick around long-term unless it's search, GMail, or Maps.

    They'll probably shut down Google Translate any day now...

  • by oarabbus_ on 1/31/19, 5:32 PM

    And nothing of value was lost.

  • by towaway1138 on 1/31/19, 10:38 PM

    They should shut down Google+ for internal use as well. Looking at some of the leaks of that traffic that have come out, it's clearly having a pretty toxic effect on their professional culture.

  • by Chunkyated on 2/1/19, 9:15 AM

    I don't know how to replace Google+, I use it as a personal social network for my family. We share stuff only in our circles. Is there something out there that could replace it?

  • by PedroBatista on 1/31/19, 6:12 PM

    Funny how Google tends to end services we like almost overnight but this Google+ piece of crap still lingers.