What Happened To Google+ ?

Number of new features since Google+ launched: 0

Key features lifted by Facebook: Groups and per-post choosing of audience. This thusly removed the biggest advantage of Google+.

Advertising / Marketing / Email notifications trying to bring more people on Google+: 0

Number of articles that have come out on Google+ requiring "real names" for signup: Lots

Number of articles describing how Gmail got shut down / celebs lost their accounts / etc: Many

Number of policy changes in response to bad press: 0

Resembles: Google Buzz, Google Lively (both dead)

Insider rumors: Google wants to focus on search and is killing off their tertiary research.

Conclusion: Google just doesn't care.

Analysis: Google is stupid for un-diversifying. They also are clearly way too large to have any sort of unified direction in the company. Bad news for Google+.

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