Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

Re:Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers by pantalaimon on Monday October 08, 2018 @07:58PM (#18172314)

When it launched I had several friends on g+ that were not on Facebook. Facebook already had a bad rep, but Google was still cool. The circles were a great idea. I didn't see any problems with the ui either.

But there was simply not much to do, contrary to what you'd expect with all the other Google services available.

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Re:Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers by mindgam3 on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:18PM (#18172403)

“Friends on G+ that weren’t on Facebook” <== this was an opportunity

I was still very high on Facebook kool aid at that time. It may have had a bad rep to some people, but this sentiment was years away from reaching people like me.

Note that I am about as much of a Facebook insider as possible without actually having worked there. I personally know most of their top execs, Zuck interviewed me in 2007, turned down a PM offer to join Bebo but stayed close with a number of them for years. I would have loved to be filthy rich with those options, but if I had joined I would feel guilty for the destruction I contributed to.

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