The End of Google Plus?

The one google idea/tool that I have Never liked and find to be a nuisance is Google+. I wish it would just go away and take all it's data with it.

Any word on how these changes will affect Google+ pages for business? For example: https://plus.google.com/116407299810213312027/posts?hl=en

I don't have any problem with the social piece going away.
Hangouts, and Hangouts On Air are great tools.
Naming conventions on the Web are always changing. I don't think Google is going away. I wonder what is going to happen to Picasa? It is still the best free tool for working with pictures on a computer.

The only thing Google+ did for me was make Picasa harder to use.

"Google started out by forcing Gmail users to create a Google+ profile". That explains why they had 500 million alleged users. How many people actually signed up of their own free will and used Google+? How many said "What the [expletive deleted] do I have to do this for?" but had to sign up anyway, and never used it?

If I was cynical, I might assume that the high number of alleged users was a ploy to charge higher rates to advertisers. But we all know Google wouldn't do that, don't we?

EDITOR'S NOTE: It's a good thing you're not cynical. :-) Because that's one thing we DO know about Google. Their advertising programs only generate revenue when a user clicks an ad. So inflating user numbers wouldn't make them more money.

Never used it, probably never will. But then I am not much on social media either, so I probably don't count.

I am like most of the Google+ users ... I simply, did not use it.

I agree, that it really did not make any sense. However, I did setup a Google+ account.

I am now, fed up with Facebook!!! Why can't there be a simple social media site, where we can communicate with just our family and friends???!!! I personally, think that is what most of us want.

I do not have a Twitter account and do not plan on getting one, either.

Never wanted it as I don't do social media but have a gmail account. It seems to sign me in without asking, has almost put me off using youtube and is way too complicated to anyway. A simple search on the FAQs brings up endless more pages and links, often going in a loop, it feels as if the software is controlling me rather than the other way around.
As a product it has little appeal to me.

Since I never even understood how Google+ worked nor what it was exactly (an email server? photo's program? social media?, nor could easily find an explanation) I never bothered to find out what it was. I for one would be totally OK if Google+ just faded away!
Grada Schadee

Any chance Youtube will revert back to normal?

Hangouts are great, and its option to make free calls by simply typing in a telephone number is out of this world! Because Facebook has been around longer, most of my friends didn't care to switch over to Google Plus. Besides that, G+ is confusing to use. To me, Facebook seems more homey and personal while G+ seems like a rat race to read everything that's posted (flipping your eyes back and forth to read two columns at once is insane). I'm hoping Picasa stays forever, but it doesn't matter to me if Picasa uses Picasa Web Albums or Google+ Photos. Who uses MySpace anymore. LOL!

Well, I hated Google + after, Google deleted All my personal messages stored on YouTube, without a Shred of warning. They could have at Least moved them to the Google + (Somewhere) - (wherever your private messages would go, if there Is a place for them) - That's one thing Facebook Does offer, and one of the Many reasons why Google + could never even Begin to make a dent on Facebook, even with all Facebook's problems...

I use Google+ some (for a dormant, long-forgotten anime fan group that I still desperately cling to) and I will miss it when it is gone.

Still cannot make posts to youtube since they did this G+ thing.

I have been told that "something is wrong" with my G+ account but nobody knows what or how to fix it. "It's a set-up issue". That helps!

But if I make a comment on my G+ page, it goes right to the correct youtube place, if one is involved. Go figure.

And I have sent unanswered "user experience" messages to Google. Apparently, I am not famous or rich enough for them to care.

So I wonder if this might fix things for me? I nevver figured out how to use half the features of G+, and never tried hangouts or such.

If these companies made these things easy to use, and user friendly....

They seem to be too concerned with mining our data. And making a buck off off of it. Sometimes value and ease of use must come before money and exploitation.....

One main feature I like is the Google Photos or Picsa 3 which gathers all of my photos and videos automatically and uploads tthem to my Web Album. In the past my computers have crashed and I had to do a new install. I had everything backup on discs and Flash Drives but with the Picasa 3/Google Photos, once I downloaded the Google Chrome and Picasa programs, all of my photos and videos were still stored in the online Web albums. I did like having the Google programs separate. Signing in to all of my Google accounts with one user name and password is not something I agree with. Thr bonus to having to remember all those user names and varioius passwords is that it keeps my mind active and hopfully hold Alzheimers and Dementia off.

Google Plus is not going away. Other statistics unmentioned here, support the fact that more people are moving away from Facebook and toward G. Plus. Anyone who is an artist or poet knows that G.Plus is a superior platform than Facebook for creatives. I have used both platforms for a long time, and I spend less and less time on Facebook because the presentation is weaker. Just my opinion. Thanks for the article.

EDITOR'S NOTE: "Other statistics...?" Reference please?

I really wanted to use G+, especially because it allows you to control your audience, but I found it too confusing to use regularly. I never could figure out how to post on G+ and have the post also appear on Facebook, although I do know a few people who do that regularly. I prefer what seems to be the basic ethics of G+ over Facebook, but the confusion factor overwhelms me.

I never liked Google+, I never used Google+, and I'm happy to see it disappear. Good riddance.

I was a Google Buzz user (remember that?) and was converted to G+ automagically when Buzz was taken offline. Buzz was OK and I've gotten used to G+ and use it daily. There are bits that are confusing, but if it goes away I won't be setting up a Facebook account. That beast just seems clunky to me. I've been testing Diaspora but it's still rather young and has some growing pains. I guess there is always email, eh?

I found +Google worked flawlessly .
And I found it to be a very usable social outlet .
I'm surprised to see this .