What Happened to Google+? The Story Behind Google's Biggest Ever Failure

What Happened to Google+? The Story Behind Google's Biggest Ever Failure. Does Google have a social network? Why doesn't Google have its own social media? Why did Google+ fail? What Happened to Google Plus? Why did they close Google+? What happened to Google Buzz? Was Google Friend Connect good? What happened to Google Hangouts? What was Google Orkut? What was Google+? Why did Vic Gundotra leave Google? How many users did Google+ have?

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[Daktyl]

Google+ was the only social media site that I actually liked. The Circles feature was amazing, and the design was very modern compared to it's competitors at the time. A lot of casual social media users called it a ghost town, but the reality is that the Tech and Art communities were absolutely thriving on it. Uncountable numbers of posts were made daily in tech and art related groups. Ever since it shut down, I've never actively used another social media site again.

Google once again ruining a great product.

[RondellKB]

I think Google+ was a really good site, particularly before most of its features were separated into multiple apps, i.e. Hangouts. The one reason the product failed is because of Google's idiocy. Google has a knack for taking things that work, and breaking them in the name of "improving user experience", the only reason they haven't caused the death of YouTube is that YouTube has 0 competitors. Remember Inbox and all the hype around it? A year or two later it was discontinued.

I have never seen a more volatile tech company in my life, as far as software products go. This behaviour also extends into their developer ecosystem. They would introduce a new API for Android and tout it as "the way forward", then a few years later, they deprecate it...

[papermoon]

man I miss Google plus. I made so many friends on there. fortunately I manage to stay in contact with a good amount of them after it went down but I never saw the rest of them again. 😞

[autobahn]

Google+ had a few tech communities I was joined to which I really enjoyed. Even though that wasn't Google's aim really I appreciated it for what it was!

[konnanina]

Anyone remember that hellish community called "Draw my oc" for and was for art and OCs? I swear this place could get an entire video of it's own explaining all it's dramas if it wasn't all lost.

[BackroomsWater]

Ima be honest, I still miss it at times. I was a very “loyal” user to it (by loyal I mean I used it a lot and thought it was good so I’d recommend it to other people and tell them about it lmao) and used it nonstop everyday 24/7. Mades loads of friends and had tons of fun, but also had tons of bad things happen such as people harassing me or friends for the dumbest things.
Unfortunately when it got deleted, I lost all that and at least 5 almost 6 years worth of art and characters as well as friends who I never could find a way to find again.
So, it was fun while it existed, but at the same time, I’m glad that it’s gone because of all the bad shit and drama that was unnecessarily shoved into your throat for no reason.

[GatorBoyXD]

I remember many use G+ as RolePlaying. I was there and Communities was the best way to make friends for liking a genre or video game fan. It was fun

[adam]

Anyone else remember the "This is Bob, copy and paste him so he can take down Google+" memes?

[nicholashunt]

Well, Google is now planning to "wind down" Google Currents in 2023 and migrate its users to Google Chat.

The last remnant of Google+ will soon be no more... 😞

[ClassicallyChristion]

I loved google plus and I really enjoyed the communities I was a part of on there. Google killed it itself by trying to fix something that wasn't broken.

[virologiclistakajoshp]

I honestly remember using Google Plus a lot in my middle school and early high School Days until the day the plug got pulled I lost most of all my social media friends sadly and truly.

[ppkjamail]

💥💥 I miss Google plus I was in a lot of groups on that site from when I used it from 2012-2017

[Agent]

The trolls on Google plus tho oh my god. That was a thrill of a ride

[glaze_tpf]

google + was the wild west of social medias

i miss it so much :(

[FutureRevolutnary]

I remember when I started using Google Plus when I was getting severely bullied in school. I had fun, but I'm pretty sure I was being groomed by someone I talked to everyday, idk why. But I was heartbroken when they suddenly stopped talking to me.

[RaxxerQ]

Only made that sh*t because it was the only way to keep my (current) YouTube account. It was disgusting forced on us.

[thelamp]

I spent my early middle school years with Google+ and it was fun back then :) Had a lot of friendship and a popular local community... Rememberin all those art sharing, memes, questions feels kinda bitter haha. It was a short but pleasant phase.

[nicholashunt]

This video came much quicker than I expected it to (and certainly much quicker than "a couple of weeks" like what was previously said)! Nice work!

Also, why is the "Google+" logo in the thumbnail unusually dark?

[Wooord]

Ngl I miss G+ I used it for a good 3/4 years :[
I met all talented and weird people but it was fun in general
Can’t believe I lost contacts with them all (except one person and it’s been like 6/7 years now since we’ve known each other)

[ThatOneAmpharos]

I still remember liking photos of cars and nature. I feel it like yesterday, I hope to experience that time once more