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This is a fair clarification per Google's followup: https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-s...

> At the same time, we have many enterprise customers who are finding great value in using Google+ within their companies. Our review showed that Google+ is better suited as an enterprise product where co-workers can engage in internal discussions on a secure corporate social network. Enterprise customers can set common access rules, and use central controls, for their entire organization. We’ve decided to focus on our enterprise efforts and will be launching new features purpose-built for businesses.

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What's the point, then? Google will (or should) spend just about as much effort keeping it live for enterprise users as it would for the rest of us.

I don't use it often, but occasionally find useful communities there, especially concerning technical subjects. Now all of that is going to disappear.

It's annoying that Google apparently prizes the opinion of enterprise customers enough to half-abort the plan to shut down Google+, while for some reason maintaining a stubborn insistence on removing its access for the rest of us. Yes, this will be another point to add on the list of reasons to never become invested in a new Google product.

> 90 percent of Google+ user sessions are less than five seconds.

If most people are visiting by accident and immediately leaving, it's probably actively causing usability problems and should be shut down.

I don't understand how that follows. Google doesn't need to fix its purported usability problems.

It can let the non-corporate users enjoy the fruit of their labors at keeping Google+ running for corporate users at almost no additional cost.

So, pivot to Slack-alike. I'm sure it'll last.

They could have cornered that market with Google Wave, but killed the project before it took off.

If it makes you feel any better, whether something is popular or not has never been a barrier to Google killing stuff.

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