Can't say I'm surprised or that I'll miss Google +. I've been a Facebook user since it was first made public (instead of just for college students), and never had any real desire to switch over to G+. The thing was, more or less, a lifeless version of Facebook that nobody in my circle of friends ever used. Which, really, was its downfall. I remember when Myspace began to fall and people I knew were joining Facebook by the dozen, and the website just never stopped taking off. I don't think anyone I know actually willingly joined Google +, other than being forced to because of YouTube or Gmail.
I think the comparison to nightclubs is pretty apt. Google + never really offered anything Facebook didn't have as far as features went, and couldn't offer you the entire reason to use a social network: the people you know being active. I like Google as a company, so I hope they can put this mistake past them and move on to better things.
Can't say I'm surprised or that I'll miss Google +. I've been a Facebook user since it was first made public (instead of just for college students), and never had any real desire to switch over to G+. The thing was, more or less, a lifeless version of Facebook that nobody in my circle of friends ever used. Which, really, was its downfall. I remember when Myspace began to fall and people I knew were joining Facebook by the dozen, and the website just never stopped taking off. I don't think anyone I know actually willingly joined Google +, other than being forced to because of YouTube or Gmail.
I think the comparison to nightclubs is pretty apt. Google + never really offered anything Facebook didn't have as far as features went, and couldn't offer you the entire reason to use a social network: the people you know being active. I like Google as a company, so I hope they can put this mistake past them and move on to better things.