Link to delete your Google+ account

Given the scope and variety of dependencies people have on Google products, I feel as though this should also very clearly state what this does not delete. E.G. "this does NOT delete your Gmail account"

Re: Link to delete your Google+ account

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Post by navs » Sat, Jan 11, 2014, 11:00 PM UTC

"Your circles will be deleted, but people in your circles will remain in your Contacts."

I hate this. I once had the HN circle added (was being circulated after plus' debut). After deleting my plus account, they never left my contacts list. Syncing across to my Android meant I also had my huge contacts list on the phone. I remember trying to delete these contacts but it didn't quite work and I don't know why.

Re: Link to delete your Google+ account

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Post by thrownaway2424 » Sat, Jan 11, 2014, 11:05 PM UTC

Where's the link to delete my hacker news account?

Re: Link to delete your Google+ account

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 11, 2014, 11:06 PM UTC

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Re: Link to delete your Google+ account

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 11, 2014, 11:10 PM UTC

thrownaway2424 wrote: post #7

Where's the link to delete my hacker news account?

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Re: Link to delete your Google+ account

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Post by thrownaway2424 » Sat, Jan 11, 2014, 11:11 PM UTC

navs wrote: post #6

"Your circles will be deleted, but people in your circles will remain in your Contacts." I hate this. I once had the HN circle added (was being circulated after plus' debut). After deleting my plus account, they never left my contacts list. Syncing across to my Android meant I also had my huge contacts list on the phone. I remember trying to delete these contacts but it didn't quite work and I don't know why.

Interesting and I can see how that would be annoying. I would point out though that it seems to me that google circles will soon or at least someday be either the main way or the only way to express an access control list on another google product. For example, when you want to share a doc on google docs, or a picture on picasa, or what-have-you. In as much as your google account is an identity thing, and google circles are groups of identities, this ACL-checking function of google products isn't going away.

Personally I think the integration is a good thing, for example now that youtube is integrated with google circles, when I comment on a video on youtube I can hide that comment from the public and only show it to my friends or family or colleagues. I assume that some day I'll be able to mail a circle from gmail and stuff like that.