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Our Final Goodbye To Google Plus

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Google+ plus has officially ended eight years after its launch , Google has decided to finally pull the plug on its social network. It was designed to take on Facebook but, despite the company's efforts, it always existed in its shadow. As of today, there will be no more Google+ sign-in buttons, no more pages or comments, and your account will simply vanish. This shouldn't come as a surprise to Gmail users because Google had  sent several emails to gmail users before now, informing them that Google+ would not exist anymore by April 2019. It was undoubtedly, a difficult decision for Google to make. When the G+ arrived in 2011, the company had major aspirations for the platform. And truly, it gave birth to a couple of successful Google products that continue to have a major impact on social media.  In 2013, the company developed Hangouts, its video chat feature, into its own messaging platform -- a space occupied at the time solely by Skype. Next, there was ano