Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers • Hacker News Board

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by rocqua » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:30 PM UTC

sys_64738 wrote: post #3

They did this with Google Reader 5 years ago. I don't think you can trust the longevity of Google services beyond GMail and Google Search.

This is rather different from Google Reader. Reader was a popular service that was going strong, the discontinuation really was a hassle to a lot of people. Google+ was essentially not used at all, so this should affect very few people.

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by billconan » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:31 PM UTC

I'm surprised that google keeps blogger.com for this long. it doesn't appear to be a commercial success and its features fall behind newer platforms like medium.

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by toomuchtodo » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:31 PM UTC

_uhtu wrote: post #6

Google+ had terrible marketing and release, but it had some decent ideas that I wish other networks had carried over. The idea of "circles", where you had a circle for "acquaintances" "friends", "family" would be great on, say, Facebook, as it would allow me to filter down my feed to just the people I really care about but still have a connection to more distance acquaintances. Currently on Facebook the news feed is…

I was just about to post that Facebook has Friend List feeds, but it appears they're sunsetting that feature as of August 8th.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/09/facebook-is-shutting-down-...

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by ronilan » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

The best thing to ever come out of Google+ is this: https://youtu.be/LTq8TrA3hb4

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by orcdork » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

gaius wrote: post #9

PerryCox wrote: post #4

Good, the only time I end up there is by mistake when trying to do something else.

FTA: 90 percent of Google+ user sessions are less than five seconds. Their own stats seem to back this: people arrive by mistake and immediately go somewhere else

It's like following a search result to experts exchange on the age of stack overflow.

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by 4d66ba06 » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

I like that there are also some privacy improvements in Android permissions mentioned in this post: "We are limiting apps’ ability to receive Call Log and SMS permissions on Android devices, and are no longer making contact interaction data available via the Android Contacts API."

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by ben_w » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

A curiously soft end given all of the (IMO valid) outrage about “real names” when it was first announced.

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by glenrivard » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

sys_64738 wrote: post #3

They did this with Google Reader 5 years ago. I don't think you can trust the longevity of Google services beyond GMail and Google Search.

They now have five of the top ten apps used on all smartphones so would expect those to not going anywhere. So things like YouTube, maps, etc.

Plus Chrome not going anywhere as well as the Google home. But would still expect them to iterate. So even though Android has over 80% share still would not be surprised to see them move to Fuchsia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_smartphon... List of most popular smartphone apps - Wikipedia

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by _uhtu » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:33 PM UTC

_emacsomancer_ wrote: post #10

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

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.

Re: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

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Post by mindcrime » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:33 PM UTC

LOL, one more example of why one should never depend on anything from Google.

developer adoption

Gee, I wonder why? Maybe because they never released a usable write API and were basically just a little less developer-hostile than Twitter?

G+ had a lot of potential, had Google chosen to truly embrace Open Standards, federation, and usable API's. As it is, they shot themselves in the foot by creating JAWG (Just Another Walled Garden).

Anyway, maybe this will just help prod more people to join the Fediverse.