The end of Google+? Uh, no. Don't let TechCrunch and Mashable fill your head full of nonsense.

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The end of Google+? Uh, no. Don't let TechCrunch and Mashable fill your head full of nonsense.

Originally shared by JR Raphael

The reports of Google+'s death have been greatly exaggerated (again)

Google+ Chief Architect Yonatan Zunger says there'll be "no big user-facing changes" connected to the reorganization of G+, Photos, and Hangouts that we've been hearing about over the past several days. ¹

His full comment: ²

A lot of misunderstanding and speculation. :) The internal org was renamed "Photos and Streams," because Sundar likes org names that match what the teams do. And since our org includes Photos, Google+, Blogger, and News, there you have photos, plus several streams of content.

No big user-facing changes tied to this at all.

So stand down, gravediggers. This "ghost town" is still alive and kickin', and we ghosts aren't goin' anywhere anytime soon.

¹ Context: http://goo.gl/2ds9g4

² Via: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AmyBethInverness/posts/67gicvzi8VV

Comments

David Blanar said…
/spookyghost ooOOOOooooOOOOOoOOOOoooo ...
March 2, 2015 at 4:04 PM
NINOX INTELLIGENCE said…
Nearly my end - they tried to get am.injunction against out organization :(
March 2, 2015 at 5:06 PM
Rick Noel said…
Has there been any official announcements about #googlepluscommunities  ?  Will they be included in #GoogleStreams  ? Bradley Horowitz, any guidance here?
March 4, 2015 at 9:12 AM
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