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Just wanted to confirm that the rumors are true -- I’m excited to be running Google’s Photos and Streams products!  It’s important to me that these changes are properly understood to be positive improvements to both our products and how they reach users.
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Looking forward to learning more and finding out what you guys have been working on. Congrats on the new role! Have been here since the beginning, and it's been great so far... Excited for it to get even better!
 
Congratulations, +Bradley Horowitz​​ - No offense, but you should have been the lead right after the departure of Vic. Google+ is in good hands now (for sure).

P.S. When will G+ get a makeover with Material Design for desktop? :-D 
 
Kudos. Excited to see what you have in store for us. Proud to have worked with you in the past. Hope one day we can do it again. Congrats +Bradley Horowitz 
 
Congratulations +Bradley Horowitz . No offence to Dave, but we've been missing a true G+ evangelist since +Vic Gundotra departed.

For my own sake, I hope that you expedite the separation of Photos from G+. Both are good services, but they seem to be hamstrung by their connection to the other. A fully-fledged, material-equipped native Chrome Photos app with on-board editing would be perfect.
 
Congrats +Bradley Horowitz and thanks for your work during the last months, +Dave Besbris. Great to see that even if positions change there's a sort of continuity regarding Google+.
 
+Bradley Horowitz​​ Well, that just confirms my post. Congratulations! I'm sure you'll guide Google+ in the right direction :)

As for +Dave Besbris​​ I wish you all the best, you did a great job running Google+.
 
Did you just confirm that G+ will be renamed to Google Streams?
 
Right on, man! Another G+ T.C. checking in here, waiting for action!
 
That's great news Bradley. Excited to see what you do with G+ and Hangouts in particular. We have learned a lot using them at Storyful over the last few years. 
 
I'm a camera person.picture and video have allways been in my life.but I prefer the total nature picture, that is to say I like to show my pic and vid guest the way the camera eye sees it.I can take a very clear pic or one of likening.I can get it up to my site,and then it up to you guys to deliver to the audience.that's what you guys are doing now.the most important thing for me is having my picture as what they are for guality.just have them turn out as good( or bad)as I upload them to use.I don't have anything bad to say about what you have now.I know what ever you do it allways comes out good.Google has a very outstanding crew and they no there stuff,there some of the best.I trust Google,if they say you can get the job done,then I know your the person to,get it done.
 
Congratulations +Bradley Horowitz! - I hope that you can bring clarity to the Google+ faithful as to where the product is heading.
 
Photos and Streams products... does this mean a proper Photos focused app/site? Love what G+ has done, but ... it kinda is a mess to waddle through you you actually try to use +, Hangouts, and Photos...
 
Are you foreshadowing a rebrand to 'Google Streams'? ;)
 
Yes, we did hear that Google may be separating Photos and Hangouts from Google+, and that David Besbris Is No Longer Running Google+. 
We look forward to what's next. 
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Congratulations! 
 
Streams has been my interest; the other stuff is secondary and can be separated.  Let's hope Google gets it right this time.
 
What's with all the dam porn. I block and report. They pop up under different names with the same picks. Links to porn. I don't care if there half naked or what. I DON'T WANNA SEE IT !!! I block at least 10 or more a day. If your so happy. I'm about ready to stop using Google. Cause I didn't think this was a place to promote porn. If you Hav children. Would you like them to see naked women? Me either. If you're running it. Do something about it. I spend more time blocking this filth than anything. I don't go flashing my junk all over Google. If I did I'm shore I'd get removed. So how is it ok for women? 
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Hopefully I'll be able to click a photo from a Hangouts message on desktop without having to load all of G+ just to view that single photo. Takes forever to load one photo that way.
 
How about access from drive already?
 
Congrats. There are some die-hard G+ers here. A smaller, cult following can be far more powerful than an unenthusiastic mass!
 
Congratulations - you'll rock the gig :)
 
+Bradley Horowitz​ great news! I am excited to see where you lead us! Google+ has completely changed my life and I am grateful for the opportunities I've found by participating in this amazing community. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help ;) 
 
Congrats. Looking forward to seeing what is next. 
 
Congratulations. 
 
Congrats. Looking forward to seeing what is next. 
 
Congrats +Bradley Horowitz​​, hopefully you guys bring back the "swipe" menu gesture in G+ like every other product you guys have 
 
Hope good things are coming.
 
+Bradley Horowitz​​ You recently quoted Radiohead, saying, "Everything in its right place." But after reading articles like http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/01/bradley-horowitz-is-now-running-google/, I'll ask a question from The Clash: Should I stay or should I go? Why should we stay if all the evidence says that Google+ has lost its place at Google? Why should we invest much time in building profiles, connections, and communities if we'll soon have to go? To quote one more song, "Give me one reason to stay here..."
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I can't wait for a "can't sleep" post from you.  Hopefully soon :-)
 
Congratulations, Bradley! I've had a love-hate relationship with Google+ streams for a couple of years now -- here's hoping the love gets bigger. 

(Um, that sounded less inappropriate when it was in my head..)
 
I love Google+ and this news that you'll be championing the tech. Would be great for someone to stick up for the service and give us confidence that the time we're investing here is not moot.
 
Congratulations +Bradley Horowitz
And, yeah - Google+ really needs a revamp guy
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Hi +Scott Frey.  I also read the article and would like to know what are those evidences? When did they say that we'll soon have to go?
 
I thought you were Rio Ferdinand;-}
 
Congrats! I know the G+ stream/Communities might not be as popular as some think they should be, but please look after them as they are brilliant and would hate to see them shutdown! 

PS. Would love the Bookmark/return to where you left when reading new posts feature available in the mobile app like it is in the Web product.
 
Love it. Now let's drop the "plus" and get some proper branding for this still-very-awesome-and-full-of-potential 'streams' product.
 
Congrats my ass. They work hand and with the government. Just like Facebook. Face and voice recognition. Pictures. Its profiling the people. Can't wait to be watched some more. Ass kissers. Blind stupid or just don't care. Or turn a blind eye. One person runs Google. I can 100 different profiles or all my friends and say or Hav them all kiss my ads to. All the rumers are true. Tell me what rumors are true? I can't wait. To what pocket more money.? New things outside of Google. Now your on top. Its a public ruze. On behalf of losing. What you Hav to try and keep your Google "friends." Or you're fake as shit. In your words. You know? Being a Google" member," and all. Not just to use. It to look things up. Was better than fb. I almost hate it more. TELL ME THIS MR SO HAPPY AND. CONCERNED. And to those who don't know or read the fine print to use such things. How is IT OK !!! For you to turn on my computer, or my phones camera, with OR without MY knowledge and permission? To turn on my voice command and or my recorder, with out my knowledge or permission? Cause its not your app or choice? Maybe? ?? Its under Google but it's own entity. No one wants to know who it is. When it was found out our Government and now foreign now to. No one silently wanted to hear that. Now you wanna add a face. Your for us. Now. Now that all the rumors are true. Read your billion page licensed agreement. People. Word comes out and who cares. Or a face. The biggest face. The person behind it. 40 comments. DuHh. 
 
+Bradley Horowitz  From which I gather:

⚫ G+ is officially dead, at least as a brand.  It is now (or will soon be) "Google Streams".  Given the negative brand equity associated with it, this is probably a wise move.

⚫ The discussion platform will survive.  For the time being.

⚫ Photos are going to be their own thing.  Many have long called for this, and frankly it makes more sense to me as well.

⚫ Hangouts as well, though they're going to someone else (who?).  I really hope they are also properly rebranded, and that participation is made independent of having a "Google" (or G+) profile.

⚫ YouTube isn't specified, but I suspect it will regain its full-standing independence.

⚫ I suspect this may mean Android signups won't be driving G+ profile numbers any more either.


I would really like to see some candor from Google about what future plans and features for G+ are, including what audience it's supposed to serve, how it directly fits and adds to Google's value, and some sense of a future roadmap.

Something at the very least slightly more candid, believable, and inspiring than +Dave Besbris's disasterous October Re/Code interview:
http://recode.net/2014/10/07/new-google-head-david-besbris-were-here-for-the-long-haul-qa/

We've heard G+ was "Facebook killer", "Identity service", and a "better comments" system for YouTube (WTF?).  None of those really provide a user-focused appeal for G+ (or Google Streams, or whatever) itself.


I can't say I'm thrilled at the news that you're at the helm as I see you as part of the leadership that drove G+ into disaster after disaster from the very start, all but destroying any trust or faith in Google as a company.  While I do want a solid discussion platform, and despite my many criticisms, G+ has been better than most alternatives, the forced tying and cramming down throats of G+ and other Google services has been a huge faux paux.

Vic specifically mentioned said in his June, 2011 announcement of Google+, "You and over a billion others trust Google, and we don’t take this lightly."  And yet for myself and many others, it's been exposure of Google's agenda and absolutely bone-headed awareness of social issues and user concerns that's driven us as far from the company as possible.  I dropped Google Search two years ago, was convinced to find alternate email a few weeks back (when accessing G+ via Tor resulted in me being locked out of all services under this nym), and have abandoned use of Android smartphones (though as much for distrust of the Telco ecosystem as for Google).  We're in a post-Snowden world where Google's Big Data maw is more a liability than an asset.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-google-project-real-life.html

In particular, I'd very much like to hear what lessons you've learned from past mistakes and how you, despite being part of that leadership team, plan to both correct them and avoid similar errors in future.
 
How to see more improvements and updates here on Google+. And at least the hamburger menu in the app 😊
 
Oh, and somebody broke embargo and/or spilled the beans, since Horowitz is confirming the rumors, rather than making the announcement and getting in front of the message.

Which means that there are either disgruntled insiders or the press no longer respects Google. Or both.
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Grats! I have been working on this account of mine recently - hopefully great things are in store for G+ or whatever the future name will be - then again a rose by any other name... :)
 
Well, there's a lot of great suggestions here and a few frankly baffling ones. I never see porn on Google Plus. (wtf?)  If the new iteration strives to support the intersection of technology, arts and sciences that dominated G+ before the Youtube integration that would be great. 

The YouTube integration was a disaster IMHO. 
 
Don't get me wrong. I like the service. And the porn. I'm on my fone that's ran by Google and the drive. You don't just start one company. The hang outs. If someone wants to find you. Its to easy. There is no real privacy. Its a dead end conversion. Try Google help. The settings. Got to big for itself. And the naked girls. Some how you can stop it. On the fone. I scroll down and every 10 post I a row is half naked girls. I blocked at least 20 today alone. 
 
I don't know what you're subscribed to here Brian, but the nudity isn't a huge problem.  That said, G+ porn catching isn't perfect.  Over the past 2 years, there has been couple of times where it didn't catch them before I scrolled past them.  

I'm not really on other social networks so I don't know what to compare that rate of success / failure with a norm.
 
Congrats. Please, please, please keep and improve Picasa as the bridge between the management of a large local photo library and the online sharing and presentation of the important/relevant ones.
 
Congratulations! Looking forward to upcoming changes.
 
Congrats +Bradley Horowitz​​ :) I'll raise my hand if there's a future need for participants for tech testing, UX screenshot sending

Android owner here: phone, phablet, mini tablet, tablet
 
Google streams? Interesting name :) 
 
So, did you have some projects you had to wrap up, that they decided to put such a lackluster interim 'leader' in charge? I sure hope you are more vocal and stay more in touch with the community than mister Besbris was, but given how non-responsive most of the Google staff on G+ is (with the exception of mr. Zunger! an example imho for the rest of the team), I still have little hope.

Prove me wrong, please.
 
I'm on Google. Or gmail. I can't run them together. My fone is run off of Google and Google drive. I can get into face book and aol. But my fones mane frame is Google. Google +Picasso. Google play. I'm not on Twitter or those but Google that runs my fone. I can't disable my apps or my fone won't work. Go to my app page. Its mostly Google. 
 
Nice of you to present us a new profile photo. :)
 
Congrats +Bradley Horowitz . What the loyal G+ community was missing, is a communicator. We understand that Google cannot comment every single rumor, but if the leader of this platform could at least give some strategic directions and make from time to time a clear statement, would be great. And this is necessary after almost one year without almost no communication at all. G+ cannot be a silent place!

I don't see it as a sign of weakness, if some of the products are going to stand on its own feet (such as photos, hangouts, locations, events etc.). As long as I still can share photos or use any other function with my circles, I don't have any problem with it. The social stream is independent of all the other functions. No issues with that.
 
Can't wait for a more exciting G+spot, stream or more eye-catching designs and color variations, stricter privacy functions and easy navigation ... 
 
Decisive move! I'm looking forward to what's coming down the pipe for Hangouts.
 
Changing the name would be an admission of defeat. Google+ is a success to the many millions on here and I think no one wants a name change.
 
G+ and the G+ API seem to have been on hold for a year now. Here's hoping you get back to innovating and adding features soon and start making up for lost time.

As for Hangouts, please don't forget text chat and group text chat. There's still a need for something like IRC but re-invented for 2015. You spent getting on for 10 years chasing Skype with a succession of chat-voice-video products. Now Skype is part of the other evil empire, it's time to do it properly and dominate that market. Which among other things, means rolling out PSTN interconnect worldwide.
 
I hope that if photos are going to be separated off from streams, that some protection is put in place for image creators (photographers, artists etc...) so our work is not stolen by adult content sites using scraper software. This is such a huge problem with Google image search and I would not like to see it happen here.
 
All good +Bradley Horowitz the hangouts element is the most exciting to me. So looking forward to this be given more investment for businesses and musicians. 
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One of the biggest things Google+ users have been waiting for is an API that would allow developers to create a Lightroom export plugin (I'm looking at you, +Jeffrey Friedl ;) ).
As long as putting stuff on Google+ is a manual effort photographers will not as easily do it.
 
No please don't kill the Google+ brand, I think it was a great name.
 
+Bradley Horowitz Congratulations. Don't forget desktop users.
All this hate about Youtube comments is just a silliness, it was the best Google's implementation of bringing the order to an information mess. But people seriously won't forgive you killing Google Reader if you throw away Google+/Streams.
 
I'm actually really excited by this direction. Increasingly, people use Hangouts, Photos, and Streams in different ways that don't necessitate a common landing page or brand. It's especially interesting to think about what Streams could become when thought of as a separate product.
 
+Bradley Horowitz Congratulations! I wish you all the best in your new positions and I hope we get to hear more about your responsibilities soon! Does it include Hangouts?
 
Congrats! This post made me realize that my profile pic is a travesty.
 
very Welcome move. Picassa should never have been in into G+.  I love the G+ streams, but the fact that its attached to my photo albums/AutoBackup always got me into 2nd taut. Auto Back is a mess and teh folder structure of the backed up photos are not at all understood or manageable
 
Can't everything be in one app. Look at fb first on its own now weve fb messanger, facebook and facebook groups,
 
The White Rio Ferdinand :)
 
+Bradley Horowitz hope it will help, will you finally allow us to sort photos and videos according to time in an album on Android or will Google still be "smarter" than every user? The actual state is like this = G+ for Android is almost useless for sharing photos = some random sort of photos and videos. Thx
ps: www version is really a great product
 
Since Vic left, I've been missing a sense of direction for G+. Despite the lip service, at times it felt like G+ was shoved at the back of the line. It bugged me, because I invested a lot of my time in it, and I met people I like. 

I'm sure you will correct that. Congratulations, and I'm looking forward to see your vision and actions. 
 
Good luck unpicking the mess that G+ has become. I look forward to the day when using it makes intuitive, natural sense.
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Superb . congrats
 
What's the direction of Streams?
 
I love every part of G+. Together or apart, it's the best social site of the web.
 
Any idea when will can we try it?
 
Keep up the good work, they both look promising platforms
 
+Bradley Horowitz  "It’s important to me that these changes are properly understood to be positive improvements to both our products and how they reach users."

You could start by letting us know what Streams and Photos actually means to us who use G+ already. Could be great news, could be terrible but you've not let us understand them at all yet.
 
Can we have an option to view posts on G+ in a chronological order please.
 
congrats +Bradley Horowitz !
can you now have one of your newly acquired minions to go over google help community and add all the issues we have posted there about Google Photos so they can be fixed?

i have a short list if you want! :)
 
I'm so looking forward to improvement for Google Photo !! :)
 
Too late, G+ sucks too much. And Fotos aka Picasa fucked up my Foto collection because it was syncing the smaller online files back to my harddrive so I had 2nd and 3rd versions of my fotos... Great bullshit you did.
 
You mean G+. And that the previous guy failed to succeed. What a task. It must be very challenging. I wish you all the luck you can get.
 
Congratulations on the new role! Excited to hear what's in store and really hoping this does not mean the demise of Google+, lots of rumours circulating.
 
Is it photos, streams, gallery, snapseed or picasa? +Bradley Horowitz​, get your branding together. Photo branding is almost worse than the hangouts, voice, gchat, messenger debacle.
 
Are you also going to post squirrels?
 
Bradley -- congrats on the new job! Can I suggest now might be a good time to add feeds?

 
+David Belliveau ok. Cause its not all public information. About Facebook and Google and the Government chips. And all the things that people don't read or know. Cause I speak out for my rights as a citizen. Speak truth. Check my pipes. Don't underestimate. Or over estimate your self. It's people like you who don't think before you speak. Cause you know it all right? People can turn a blind eye. Risk to speak out only to risk. Your stupid comment. Wasn't to check my pipes for lead. Mr master of no words. You don't speak for yourself. Ass kisser 💋 
 
Congrats!
Really looking forward to what you'll do with photos
 
The buzz is that G+ is slowly Waving goodbye.

Why do you keep abandoning great concepts just because you don't have a market leading user base?
 
"Es ist mir wichtig, dass diese Änderungen nicht richtig verstanden werden... "? Interessante Übersetzung! Von Google? ;-) 
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Great for you. NOW DON'T BREAK IT, whatever you do! Many people have put a lot of effort into using and promoting G+, so don't go tearing it apart and expect people to continue trying -- I have to battle the Facebook zombies every day!  Go ahead and pull out parts that are becoming a separate service, but DON'T RENAME and REBRAND as we all know what G+ is already!
 
Please don't rebrand to Google Streams. Separate photos and G+ if you must but I'll never call it Google Streams. It sounds so stupid. Just leave the plus alone. 
 
I think a little Change-Management therapy via Helpouts may be in order... Wait, that one got scrapped too?! :-/ WWHHHYYYYY?! You maniacs!!! 
 
+Bradley Horowitz​ do you realise how difficult it is to get websites to even add the Google+ logo to their website and social branding? Changing that now would absolutely be Google shooting the product dead, just when businesses are embracing it.
 
I was hoping to have photos and streams more integrated rather than less. E.g I would really like to insert photo comments as direct views in a stream (and everywhere else) rather than use a link, similar to how FB, Flickr, ,,, et al do it.
 
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The way youtube works as a dedicated service AND as a google+ service makes it easy to understand you guys know how to do it. I'm slowly moving my activity away from facebook to google+ and at one point will be left with using facebook just to keep up with certain friends and activities. 
 
Congratulations! Could you make sure Picasa / Hangouts work better on Linux Desktops. Thanks for getting rid of flash on +YouTube 
 
+Bradley Horowitz I've been here since the beginning, and love how Photos have evolved... looking forward to seeing the next itteration
 
Too many other sites have adopted the g+ logo/icon for sharing to Google+. What is GooG coming up with then to replace it??
 
+Thomas Hawk If you caught my point, I'm pretty sure there is no way to photo display insert directly into these post streams; something I find very hard to understand the reason for. Even on your own posts - only the root post allows photo display and with gallery gridding that does things like truncation rather than scale to fit. 
 
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the hope is here....one day we just may end up with one simplified app :) it would be nice to have hangouts combined with g+, gmail, keep, drive, calendar, translate and photos... or would it? fingers crossed!
 
G+ is a good brand. Just needs tweaking. Photos need to be separated. You don't need to be Facebook. You don't need to be Instagram or Twitter; you need to be G+ whatever that is. Good luck +Bradley Horowitz​ we're rooting for you as Google and G+ fans. 
 
Hi  ! +Bradley Horowitz    Congrats on the position!  I see you have some wackjob comments to deal with.  Most of G+ is not like that and it's a great place in general.  I hope you can get them to get the bugs worked out.  In particular the current one where posts only show a + 1 in streams and notifications and Personal Pages.  I've sent feedback on it a couple of times.  Thanks much and Good Luck!
 
+M McDermott no, it wouldn't LOL simple and all those apps don't go together. Hangouts and Photos are already separate apps, there is nothing more to split up. 
 
+David Belliveau 💋💋💋 checked my pipes. Found rats and? ??? Some 👀. Did they tell you to leave me be. Cause they Hav other ways to shut me up? Its easy to speak hiding behind your screen. Your money. Your connections. Hav I said anything that's not true? The Governments hands are clean cause they Hav it all under new names and ways. Its a government for the people, by the people. The Government isn't for us. Or you. Let me guess you're vote counts? Listen to your own convictions. But I don't wanna lose it all. You already Hav. The blind leading the blind. 
 
Maybe Google Streams is going to be something like Twitch, and integrate with Youtube better.
 
The tech press seems pretty convinced that what we now know as G+... basically this product that I'm commenting via right now... is going away. 

Any comment on that? Because it'd be a damned shame. 
 
Hopefully this means a better fully fledged product for Photos. It desperately need better organizational tools.
 
Congrats Bradley!  From a TC on the local side of the house. 

I'm curious to know what affect if any this will have on Google My Business and G+ Local pages. GMB just got a complete photo upgrade so I hope this does not change things too much again.
 
Congratulations +Bradley Horowitz and good luck!

As long as there are circles to count, we are happy.
No matter if it is called Google+ or Streams ;)
 
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Congratulations +Bradley Horowitz, looking forward to the next chapters of Google+. We're excited about Photos and Streams! 
 
I actually don't, +Lisa Borel, but I think G+ was in a holding pattern over the past year after, or maybe even before, Vic Gundrota left, while Google figured out what to do with Plus. Maybe with +Bradley Horowitz taking the reigns, it means things will be moving forward on the product.

I think they're going to be unbundling the different modules that makeup G+: Photos, Hangouts and a separate Streams, which I'll hold my reservations on. 

I do hope Picasa gets some love though. I know Google wants everyone operating in the cloud, but I still like desktop/local apps for a lot of things.
 
I wish you the best of luck +Bradley Horowitz​​. I do have to say that I'm a bit worried about what the changes will do to our HQSP sharing system (We share photos and are planning to start new projects soon). But I hope for the best. I also hope we will be informed in time to be prepared if big changes are made. Thanks for the great work Google is doing with G+ so far. :-) Regards Anja.
 
I also remember some things Dave Besbris did early on in G+ +Jason ON , but no need to go there.

Bradly Horowitz is positive, dynamic and engages with the users. My opinion is that is what is needed to follow in the footsteps of someone like Vic Gundotra in managing  a product like G+ and streams.

G+ serves an intellectual need and in doing so provides a unique service to the world that can be achieved no other way. Even if Google cannot find a business reason for keeping it alive, it should as a contribution to humanity. 

I recently shared with Vic a story about how I was able to re-connect through G+ with a band literally on the other side of the planet, on Reunion Island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, that I photographed at a music festival years ago, so I could share with them the photos I took of them. There is absolutely no other way I would have been able to do that.
 
Please, please, don't kill G+

Call it something new, add on whatever, etc., but let's keep it going.
 
photos with Google plus easily the best Google product, I'm sure you'll do great. 
 
Great news for Bradley and Google!
 
Super proud of you Bradley, way to go! 
 
I use Photos because of the intelligence built in to the search function.  I use search on my images like I do on my other data.  Can't wait to see what functionality comes next!
 
Crossing my fingers that this is a good thing and G+ will continue to be my favorite place on the web.
Best of luck and congrats +Bradley Horowitz :)
 
But please, +Bradley Horowitz don't do as in last transition, and stay mute... let us in on what is happening, please! Thank you!
 
I never get so many comments, when I change my profile picture. :D
 
Congrats +Bradley Horowitz ... looking forward to the next evolution of the product we are all using right now. I'd love to hear more of what will change with Hangouts.
 
Well since Google has a horrible track record on these sort of things, I will reserve judgement and see if this is another case of corporate attention deficit disorder.
 
could you please make all g+ photos/albums available in gdrive and vice versa. uploading existing photo folders via gdrive seems easier...and merge stories with albums...thanks
 
Publish some numbers like Vic did from time to time. 
I hope you are the right person and G+ team will be active under you. 
Best wishes. Get G+ rolling again! 
 
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
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I love the idea that Google is gowning, changing and maturing.

I think we've all been frustrated that the rest of the world hasn't yet realized the jaw dropping communications and collaboration opportunities Google/GPlus affords us all. 

Congratulations, +Bradley Horowitz . This is your opportunity to shine very brightly.
 
+Bradley Horowitz / +Google+  PLEASE, you should really tell us something today about this new rebranding because people are now on edge. 
You can't expect to release tidbits of news that the tech sites won't then blow up and people on the actual G+ site see and read and then not get antsy. People are now antsy.
People are dropping posts to make sure that people can contact them on FB and Twitter. So... it is probably time to let the info out of the bag and tell us what the "hey" is going on!!! 
 
Is it just me or is Google+ Events acting really strangely. I can't seem to view both comments and pictures in my friends events anymore at least on mobile.

Just pictures are available even when I know for sure that there were comments as well posted.

Is this because of some "exciting" change in the background of G+?
 
Looking forward to improved mobile products. 
 
+Bradley Horowitz  PLEASE keep geospatial as an important part of Google Photos and improve the possibilities!!  Google+ Photos has never brought in all of the geospatial tools and options that were available with Picasaweb.  
 
Google + is an important tool for social networking. Please maintain the integrity and quality of the current Google + experience. You simply cannot abandon those who love this product. PLEASE. I love Google +!!  Of course good luck and fair weather !!
 
Definitely need a more vocal proponent of this service - put the magic back, so to speak.  Clear communication about investment in the G+ (or whatever the hell the 'stream' is going to be) - show the user base you care.  Vic was great at rallying the community here - and this has been missed.  Also, please don't kill this thing - this social portal - I hope to never have to go back to that godawful blue soul-destroying website again (um, that'd be Facebook, if for some reason someone missed the reference).
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I read the Wired piece just now +Bradley Horowitz and was left with a sinking feeling in my stomach about g+.  This is my social network. I have made some great contacts on here and have used it to share my photography with a huge audience. It is clean, slick and perhaps most importantly not the mess that is Facebook. To think that it will just cease to exist and be broken up leaves me uneasy to say the least. 
 
Marketers and accountants destroyed Geocities, Facebook, twitter, jaiku and other social networks. Now they want to destroy a great product that I use every single day. We already have flickr, picasa, eyeem, instagram and dozens of photo services. Why do we need yet another "me too" piece of rubbish? Stop compromising. 
 
I don't think G+ is going anywhere +Mike Wood, it's just changing and the obvious focus for the social aspect we all love will be Streams :)
 
It's a murky scene at best. Those of use who've been here from day 1, back in 2011, are passionate about Google+ and have carefully nurtured the service to a point where it is important in our daily lives. Wondering what the now absent +Robert Scoble would have to say about these developments? Haven't heard anything from the 4 million man +Mike Elgan either. There was a lot of discussion about this in my stream yesterday.
 
Cool. So this article is a photo or a stream??
 
Only 252 comments - platform must be dead.
 
So sick of this "if it doesn't sell as many as xyz product it failed crap". You don't have to be the number one to be a success. Number ones fall off because they get ego and stop innovating.

 
+Peter Vogel I think Scoble is dealing with a lot on his plate and has dropped off the grid completely everywhere from what I read at the end of January. I certainly hope it doesn't go the way of MySpace though. I have been here since day one and want to stay longer. Much longer.
 
And Google+ will rise to new heights once again. The reality is that all social networks run on a small group of active users. But I keep repeating myself for three years. With every change Google+ is dead or dying. But it's still here. And it's diversifying. Instead of staying the same. Google+ gained more features in 3 years than all the other networks combined. And in unique users per month on mobile and desktop it at equals twitter. Ask Comscore if you don't believe it. But somehow this does not get through or is wilfully ignored.
 
The difference between Google and other social networks is that Google keeps killing products that people love. I get pleasure from what Google Plus has to offer. It's a social network where I find people inspirational rather than clowns. If they want the clowns from Facebook and twitter to come here then they will lose their unique selling point. Intelligent conversation. 
 
+David Belliveau yes yes no what? Your the who came at me. Check your own pipes. The one you think with. Your not the first idiot to make the mistake to try and attack me and probably won't be the last. That's the problem. We Hav to many idiots like you who are so fast and quick to judge. Can dish it out but can't handle when it comes back your way. Let me guess. No no yes. Is next. Or another stupid insult. Told you you don't know who your talking to. 😦💋💋💋
 
I'm concerned about this effort to divide the content streams by type. It seems to me that this decision should be put in the hands of the individual user, not mandated by the system. 
 
+Patricia Anderson  i think the same, Google kill to many services, and they want to grow to fast! 
i mean, how do they think that they will take over Facebook or other social media in 3 years or so (+Google+  is from 2011) ? 
Facebook have 11 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i mean, it's  old, they can't catch all the people from FB in 3 years!  +Google   need to understand that!  
 
bring back google reader (you can call it streams if you want)
 
+Bradley Horowitz​ I wish good luck to you. Please take good care of this social network. She is the best of all in my opinion. I'll be here in Brazil rooting for you. Also improve the experience of Google+ on the Desktop.
 
Seriously... The waiting game for an OFFICIAL statement from Google is stomach ache inducing. Little tidbits of info are not comforting.
 
FYI, I was pointed to this comment by +Yonatan Zunger​ where he addressed a more dramatic article's perspective about "Google+ Splitting up":
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. Ref: http://goo.gl/WxUd6K
 
Congrats, hope to see some picasaweb like functionality back... 
 
+Mark Stronge this wouldn't be the first time a Google employee has said one thing and then something big happened that was contrary. 
While at first, I took Zunger's post as a comforting bit of news, the words on stage of Pichai seem to say otherwise. "Something" is coming.... 
The best thing Google can do now is release Official news or the issue will keep festering. 
 
+Juvenal Mena doesn't always happen. The dude told me to check my pipes for lead. Who does that or just says that to someone that doesn't even know me? I don't even know the guy and he wants to come at me. Cause I speak out about all our information being stored and monitored. The Government chips in the computers. The face and voice recognition. The apps I Hav to use to use my fone. It clearly says on my fone that they can use my camera without my knowledge and permission. The same with the voice recorder. Says the same thing. The picasso thing I found by according. A stupid app I didn't giv them any permission to store my pictures. Had no idea about it. Then some of my recordings they totally take and make a stupid little 5 picture thing without my permission. I forget what it's called, but I totally lose what I originally recorded. The 2 way cameras on the fone and iPods. The camera on the computers they can watch you and watch what's on the other side of the 2 way cameras. The knew Xbox with its cameras. The T.Vs can watch you. My fone can be prevented from sleeping. How all our bank information that's so called safe to store and use on the computer. All things that are public knowledge. Its all in the user agreement on my fone. That without having it. I can't use my fone. My fone can read other people's devices and there's can read mine. Its total invasion of privacy. Face Book works together with the government. My girlfriend said who cares we don't Hav nothing to hide. I do. Why do they need to watch me. For so called market feedback. You wanna get some feedback ask. Don't steal it from me. How is it ok for them to use my camera on my fone, without my knowledge or permission? Who are they and why would they? But I need to Hav my pipes checked for lead. Go under you settings on your fone. Look at your apps and the permission they require to be able to use apps I don't even want, and can't turn them off. Can read my contacts and txt. 
 
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+Brian Williams LOL please, come back to reality. I could answer all of those things but not in this thread. Try posting your message to the Google+ help community.
 
+Mark Stronge Google help. Been there tried that. And why not on here? Its not a secret. The people running the show need to know what needs fixed. I'm pretty shore I know the answers to the questions. 
 
Wondering what this means for business pages?
 
Mr. Horowitz: There is a huge community from Panoramio expecting for six months to know what Google plans are regarding this wonderful photo site. Any comments?  Thanks
 
Is it to early to ask for a select all feature in the photo app?????
 
+Mark Stronge You can't say that for certain. Splitting things up seems to destroy the entire concept and idea of Google+ IMHO... 
 
Tell us what it's all about the so ccalled Tell us what it's all about the so called positive improvement.
 
+PostPlanner​ who said anything about splitting anything up? Nothing is changing.

+Yonatan Zunger​ addressed a more dramatic article's perspective about "Google+ Splitting up":

"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. Ref: http://goo.gl/WxUd6K
 
I hope Google doesn't forget G+ Stream. To me, this is the most important part of G+.
 
Please bring sorting after (album) names to photos +Bradley Horowitz :) i would really like that! And please keep the G+ Communities... 
 
+Michael Schweiger oh, I so need this too. I think that there will be a lot more photo organising coming as I have seen a Google+ photos folder appear in Google drive from some posts on g+. I think it is coming.
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 For the enthusiastic You Tube users, G+ had been forced down our throats. We were facing the termination of our YT channels if we didn't join G+. In case all the changes with G+ come with the option to cancel my G+ page  without fear that I'm going to lose my YT channel, I'm for it. I already saw enough orchids, roses and funny kittens that I ever dreamed. Such a waste of time....
 
Congratulations Bradley - Nice to see a metro Detroit man taking the controls with Google+.  Tried for 2 years to share with predecessors with no luck.  Have a great answer to one of the lingering issues and the solution has a fast monetization.  
 
It would be great to hear that Panoramio still has a place in Google's 'Photos and Streams products'.
 
Saying some big prayers video Hangouts won't become unhinged from the searchable social stream as +Google+  is the backbone of video Hangouts. That's how journalists crowd source for news interviews...how we find veterans to take on video Hangout tours of their memorials. Congrats on the move +Bradley Horowitz . You will rock it!  ;- ) 
 
I sure hope you don't plan on disassembling Google Plus to do it... I use this platform extensively for my social needs.
 
+Sarah Hill​ think of it as an internal restructuring rather than one we'll notice at this point in time. The functions that we have won't go away to easily.

Remember feedback is highly important, it determines how a product is shaped. Always send in Feedback even if the feedback team doesn't reply. They do read and catalog it and send it to the right team.

Look what happened with blogger recently. And pinned posts on profiles. And all the other features that have been enhanced due to feedback. All of that would not have been possible without feedback. 
 
I think a Congratulations ! , is in order , Congratulations ! To you my good Sir !...
 
+Jason Falter What I find curious is that Google ("Organize All the World's Information") keeps coming out behind rather than ahead of the News Cycle when it comes to Google +Streams.

You'd think they'd have some idea of what's happening internally and be able to cobble together a press release before they did things to themselves.  The impression this gives is of tremendous disorder, lack of discipline, lack of respect, lack of control, and lack of direction.
 
Not sure how to take this info. I would hope G+ doesn't change to much. The communities on the platform are valuable. I also like that it is not Facebook or Twitter...just my two cents...
 
+Edward Morbius actually they did interviews, but the media choose to misreport them and try and read between the lines. That's why the chief architect of Google+ replied in the post I linked to that g+ breaking up was nonsense.
 
+Edward Morbius true and this one Googler today is on record as saying that NOTHING is changing and yet Pichai has made it pretty clear that something is changing. 
I don't get why they don't release an official statement when ALL of the tech sites are declaring G+ is now dead. I have people in my stream dropping FB and Twitter ID's and then asking people to come and follow them because G+ is ending. People are jumping ship because of today. It makes no sense to not release an official statement. 
People have built up friendships and contacts on here and whether it is changing or not, people need to know so they can plan accordingly. To not say anything is just being rude. 
 
+Jason Falter they have already said nothing is changing. G+ is not dead. People listen to mainstream media and they are full of fruit based lovers who would do anything and make up any story to kill Google and it's brand image. If people would actually listen to what was said instead of an interpretation by a "journalist" they might actually get the facts. I've already posted a link. Here it is again. http://goo.gl/WxUd6K
 
+Mark Stronge that's not an official statement. It needs to come from the G+ official page. After all the tech press today, it is irresponsible not to have an official statement. 
 
+Jason Falter Yonatan is the chief engineer for Google+. You can take what he says as as solid. 
 
A simple "Google+ is here to stay" statement from Larry Page would do wonders about now. 
 
+Kamal Tailor you don't take nothing as "solid" unless it is official. With all of these tech sites stating the same thing, WHY would you not defend the site? Why would you not release an official statement? Why would you let more users jump ship? 
Just send out a G+ post on the official G+ stream and tell everything that "We're here to stay." 
Unless that comes... Everyone has a right to be nervous. We all remember Orkut, Buzz, Wave, and Reader. I even remember Google folks postng back in the day that Reader was fine... days before it was shuttered. So you will forgive me if I don't believe a Googler who is not posting in any official capacity. 
 
+Jason Falter These tech sites have been saying the exact same thing over and over again for the past two years.  Why would Google bother responding to it each and every time?  Show beats tell.
 
It would be good to have a interactive and easy to use Hangouts as well. Make it better than WhatsApp and Viber.
 
We're losing community EVERY time this happens. After the last time it was 1000+ that became inactive from my circles. They need to be proactive to keep people. 
 
+Jason Falter all news is good news. Google often doesn't release statements on these things. They say what they need to, which is what +Bradley Horowitz +Sundar Pichai and +Yonatan Zunger have all mentioned publicly none of it is from the official page. 
Orkut was bound to give way to Orkut, Buzz, and wave were all precursors to Google+. 

So you'll believe the Click bait articles but you won't believe what Bradley, Sundar, and Yonatan has mentioned. What they have said speaks volumes to me. 
 
The Google echo chamber has begun... 
Pichai was ambiguous... that started this. 
Horowitz didn't really say anything but both made it clear they were not going to really mention the g+ name. 
Zunger has made statements in the past and well... not always what happened. 
I'll believe an official G+ post though. 
Why would you not reassure your community??? Don't do the Google G+ echo chamber thing and just give them a pass. At this point, many of us have been here long before they were open to the public. I think a direct post to their loyal users is something we deserve. 
 
Still waiting on an announcement from the Official +Google+ page LOL!  Why are they even a page??
 
+Mark Stronge Links to said interviews?

And, y'know, as I pointed out regards Besbris, if Google would, oh, I dunno, answer basic questions like numbers and tell us what its actual success metrics are then they'd have a ton more credibility.  They haven't.  Leaving it to schlubs like me to try to impute things.  And the things we impute don't look particularly good.
 
+Brian Kemper It's going to take far more than a statement from Page.  As I just got done commenting to Stronge, it's the lack of credibility in anything Google says these days regarding Social.  And a lot else.
 
Exactly... when mainstream news sites are reporting the same thing, it goes far beyond just ignoring the tech sites. 
We have G+, Blogger, Hangouts... Google is all about communication... So communicate... with us... your users. 
 
In all honesty, I could care less about Google+ metrics. And I don't care about how it compares to other social networks, or how the media portrays it. I enjoy using Google+ on a daily basis and I want to see it stay around. I had not seen Yonatan's comments until today, and they tell me all I need to know.
 
+Brian Kemper And should the fact that you don't care about metrics mean that Google withholds or misrepresents them to the rest of us?  When, as I've demonstrated, they're pretty trivially estimated by any PFY with a decaying laptop or space alien cat on a remote planet?  Or, more materially, advertising and marketing services, banking, VC, and investment firms, and others.  It's only the users and general public who are in the dark.  And, probably, Google employees.

It's a matter of respect.
 
Not sure I want to read what the creator of one of the worst features of G+ has to say about it. ;p
 
+Filip H.F. Slagter Unlike Google, he seems to have learned some valuable lessons.  Much of that post is what I've been saying for years.
 
Awesome! +1 google! I look forward to seeing where it's all headed. Makes me reminisce of hanging out back in the day while you sipped your vino.
 
Not sure this is a good idea! But, as you said, one needs to understand why and there has been no reasoning so far. I think the better idea would be to change the interface and add a few services and options.
 
facepalm +Jason Falter you, many others and the tech sites are reading into this a lot more than the few lines that are written. Here by Bradley. 

Take it as it is. Google+ has always had Streams. Google+ has always had Photos. That isn't going to change in the foreseeable future.

So until something more is to be announced don't look too deeply into it. 
 
I wish Google+ won't go away. I love it here.
 
Photos...hmmm...you're the one...Congratulations!
Love this one of you. 
 
Congrats +Bradley Horowitz I love using the photo elements to G+ as well as being able to connect with my circles and share content through streams. I can't wait to see what new improvements you come up with.
 
Congrats! It will be interesting to see how things turn.... I believe in what you all have done with Google+ to date, so it's good to see and hear there is more to come. One of my favorite things about Google+ has been the way it constantly builds and evolves. I'm always excited to see what new and exciting way you all at Google will make it more powerful and engaging. Get your team some donuts, they deserve donuts.
 
There are over 4 million users of the awesome Google photo website Panoramio, that have been cut off from any communication with Google since September last year. As one of the forum moderators I still cannot answer the users anything else as "Google is not on speaking terms with it´s users any more". I would highly appreciate it if you as photo "boss" could shed some light over this in the Panoramio forum. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/panoramio-questions-support 
 
Well since you have been here since the beginning, you were here when this place was good sadly that was about 2 or 3 years ago. Rewind the clock to circa Spring 2012 and this place will be VASTLY improved.
 
Can you move "locations" back to Google maps please? It is completely backwards to have to leave the maps app to find someone on the map... 
 
Hi, Bradley. As one of the over 4,000,000 Panoramio users I ask you: Please, please, keep Panoramio alive!
 
Please don't be separating things... I like having everything here in one place. Sure, there are improvements that could be made, but I like Hangouts, Photos, Communities, and my Stream being in one place.

I do wish there wasn't such a cap on photo storage on here. I can upload a lot more to Facebook than I can here, and photos are an important part of sharing and the online social culture.

I also wish that posts I made to communities didn't show up on my profile. As a blogger, I share my posts around a bit, and it doesn't look very good on my profile when I do that.

Beyond that though - congratulations! I hope you enjoy your position, and can find a way to keep the crazy masses as happy as possible (because yes, I realise it's impossible to keep all of us happy).
 
+Millicent Nankivell afaik Facebook reduces your photo quality by default. On G+ you get the choice: get it stored in its original size/quality anc have it count towards your storage limit, or have Google automatically reduce the size to 2048x2048 pixels while not being counted. So, with images stored at max. 2048²pixels, you basically have unlimited photo storage.
 
+Filip H.F. Slagter Yes, FB absolutely does reduce quality, which sucks. Really? I uploaded photos smaller than those specifications earlier, and they've counted toward my storage. If that is true though, then that's great, but I'm not convinced :/
 
I'm hoping that you will make an actual official announcement concerning the future of G+ because the endless rumors about it being killed off are tiresome. Yeah, ok, Google+ isn't competitive with Facebook. Who freaking cares! It not being Facebook is precisely why I'm here and an owner of a Community here with nearly 170K members. Facebook sucks. Google needs to consider it a positive thing that Google+ isn't the size of FB.
 
+Millicent Nankivell from one of the storage help pages: Google+ Photos: Only photos over 2048x2048 pixels and videos longer than 15 minutes count toward your storage limit.
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6558?hl=en

And similar from the AutoBackup page:
What counts against your free Google Drive storage quota?
If you have your back up setting set to full size, then photos larger than 2048px on the longest edge (full size photos can be no larger than 100 MB) and videos longer than 15 minutes or saved at a resolution higher than 1080p count against your free Google Drive storage quota. If you start approaching the free storage limit, you'll see a notification. If you run out of storage, we'll automatically switch to backing up at standard size. Learn more about Google Drive storage plans and pricing.
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1647509?hl=en

Perhaps have a look at your storage size setting: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1304820?rd=1 if you use the autobackup app. I believe there's also a setting hidden in the G+ settings. Let me know if you need help locating it.

Do note that the storage limit is shared between the other Google services; so e-mails in GMail and files on gDrive count towards the same limit.
 
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How big is Google+ in Brazil?  I know Google's Orkut social network was once the biggest social network in Brazil when it was still around.
 
Excellent move. Been thinking this to myself for a long time and suggest some in-depth posts on why this makes sense.
 
 Everything hapenned on a reason, do hope that changes will benefit all users.
 
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Could you please add Golden ratio and spiral to photo cropping? It would also be great to be able to rotate the crop grid.
Thank you! 
 
so does that the next social network made by google is going all mobile now  ?
 
+Bradley Horowitz You should hold a pressevent or post here something to quash the rumors about the death of google+. This rumors has been spread by the media all over the world and are not really positive for the development of G+.
 
+Bradley Horowitz Perhaps with this new increased focus on Photos, Google will be more proactive in discouraging photo piracy in Google+, as discussed in many threads here on Google+ (see for example https://plus.google.com/107459220492917008623/posts/RrUtwHkxxQR, by +Jeff Sullivan ) . I understand it a complicated matter and not so easy to act upon due to legal aspects.
However, simple signals could go a long way. For example, when a user is submitting an image, if there are similar images detected via reverse image search, Google+ could issue a warning e.g.  "Please make sure you have the copyright for this image; posting it without permission is against the ToC".
 
+Daniel Schwabe that definitely would be great. I fear it won't be added though, out of fear of alienating the average user, and the risk of negative backlash from false positives.
 
+Daniel Schwabe posting an image and not making any money off that image... shouldn't be illegal or against any terms of service. It's called sharing. 
Talk about being overbearing... 
 
+Jasper Edwards Google+ is not very popular in Brazil. It is a social network that does not appear in the media. But it has many loyal users. I can have a great interaction here.
 
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It's not as simple as that. Resharing is pefectly ok. The trouble is that many users download pictures from others and reupload them as if they were their own, and then share them.
If they do this without permission from the author it is a violation of the ToC.
 In such cases, the original artist doesn't get any credit or "social capital" at all.
(Making money or not out of it doesn't really change this, although it could be an aggravating factor if there are commercial aspects involved as well.)
Would you be happy if someone took one of your texts, copied it and shared it without giving any credit? Or, more subtly, mentioning your name, but not providing a link to your website/blog?
This is what I was referring to. There are many posts discussing these issues at length, including the one I referred to earlier.
 
They are not making money on them so this is not an issue.
If people care about the artist, they can do an image search on Google or Bing and find the original and the creator.
"Social Capitol" not a thing. 
 
+Jason Falter But using other people's work (even if you are posting to divulge it) without permission is illegal. If the original author cares or not about is a different matter, many do. And it is a reason many quality photographers are not engaging in Google+ anymore.
There are legal ways to share.
And, by the way, Google owes its existence and success to "Social Capital". So yes, it IS a thing, sorry to disagree.
 
Then use a water mark and stop complaining. Be responsible for your own art. Geesh... Talk about lazy.
 
if you wanna  kill plus .. I promise i will boycott every Google products for ever 
 
Non-intrusive watermarks often are cropped out or erased, whereas intrusive watermarks often ruin the actual image.
Since Google+ includes large enough thumbnails with links to content hosted elsewhere, I don't see either why users would have to resort to downloading the image and re-uploading the image on G+ themselves (especially without proper attribution), instead of linking to the original content so the original content creator can get the actual traffic, feedback and reputation.
 
+Denis Labelle mentioned on this thread > https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JohnKellden/posts/K2VDdDFWkYE that we should link both conversations together where a bunch of us (+John Kellden et al) have been sharing our concerns on the perils of fragmenting G+ into multiple products resulting, if everything, in killing the overall community as fragmentation will just separate folks into whatever areas they will be into and it will be the initial stages of when G+ will die a slow, painful death. On another G+ conversation triggered by +Mark Traphagen it was mentioned how it's only about a single reorg within Google but that the overall user experience to G+ end-users should be the very same as it is today. And I keep wondering, in additional to that reflection, when will G+ start thinking about the needs of its end-users, i.e. its clients, and not necessarily its own needs (aggregated data from us). It's probably about time that G+ starts differentiating itself from everything else out there by nurturing and cultivating the relationships with its end-users vs. trying to figure out how to exploit them, and their data, with all means they may have available. It's tiring having to keep justifying every single day whether it's worth while sticking around with G+ or not. Please don't have us question your very own existence every day. At one point we won't anymore and will just move on ... 
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So Plus will die, and Stream will be replacing it?
 
Good afternoon.Is this communique officially? Was formalized in a legal document? Can I re-share this post?  
 
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You know for a 21st century company google's communication skills suck. At any point is anyone going to come clean and tell us what the hell is actually happening to Google+ ?
 
Wow!! How nice this photo ! 
Warm greetings from Bulgaria my friend ! :-)))
 
Finally! Maybe you can once again let us selectively upload individual photos to Google Photos from Android
 
Wow the fan base seems vocal and jumping to way left field conclusions,

Why would google+ die? Isn't there teams working on it?

I think glass is dead, maybe all it ever was was a development platform for android wear.

I wanted a google glass (past tense) but now I wouldn't ware one in public if someone paid me to.

And as for wear devices I'll stick to my pebble

 
Don't revert YouTube. I love how it is integrated with g+. 
 
Really looking forward to easy ways to merge desktop Picasa with Auto Backup features of mobile devices into Google Photos. Just too clumsy right now.
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Welcome +Bradley Horowitz , I look forward to following you. Google Plus rocks, we are looking forward to an even better platform.
 
I'm nervously ambivalent. I absolutely can not stand Facebook and have come to rely on G+ for my social sharing & microblogging needs. I've always loved its photo integration (I don't give a crap what it's called or if it's "standalone"), seamless YouTube inclusion and Hangouts working inside of it. If Google has such a wonderful suite of products, why not keep them as elements of a social network? CNN's Money.com piece said that G+ would be undergoing a "breakup". I imagine that's hyperbole, but until I hear something concrete, it sounds like you'll be stripping G+ of the features that make it superior to Facebook and saddling me with "streams" that are not any more enticing than what I can get on Twitter.

I hope to have my fears assuaged with more information soon.
 
as far as you don't intend to merge any services reluctantly, whatever you decide to do is your decision, and we would all respect that as end users.

Cause google never tried to use cheap tricks like integrating youtube and g+ or hangouts and etc. , that was why millions liked google and be a fan of services you provide.

I hope you guys got it at last.
 
Photo and DRM is the best part of web and G+ " I wish I was a fly on the wall"....
 
is it true that +google will be phased out soon? i don't use facebook and any other social media other than +google..

can someone out here confirm that pls?
imagine, your chrome has your +google account, your youtube account has your +google account.
 
Just don't separate the streams and photos, because that's what make Google Plus amazing! We have Instagram and Tumblr for that! 
 
What is the future of G+ communities?
 
Dear Mr Horowitz I was wondering if what the rumours said about Google+ as a service being removed was true. Everyone is saying that the service will be removed due to it not taking off so naturally I was curious as to whether or not this is true as some of the messages appeared fake. People are using the #savegoogleplus if you wish to check out the situation with this current matter and address the users whether or not you are removing the service.
I lookforward to hearing a reply
 
Can everyone please read this? Google+ is not splitting or renaming.

https://plus.google.com/112927249389096933840/posts/DR5KH1PHzFB

+Yonatan Zunger​​​ is chief engineer at Google+ and has cleared up any ambiguity in the statement above.

"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."

Ref: http://goo.gl/WxUd6K

Basically, Google+ is not changing or splitting up or is dead. This is a quote from the chief engineer of google+.

All the media reports of google+ is dead or is splitting up are all lies from lazy-ass "journalists" that make up sensationalist headlines that bear no resemblance to the truth. But why would they let the facts get in the way of a great story? SMH
 
Dear Mr. Horowitz, Google+ Photos is GREAT with one glaring exception that has remained a problem for years...SORTING ALBUMS! The current way of sorting is by the album's upload date. THIS IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE AND IT MAKES THE ENTIRE APP USELESS FOR MANY USERS. We must have the ability to sort at least by title so that we can order albums in a way that makes sense to us. PLEASE, if you do nothing else, give us the ability to order albums in a sensible way. Thanks.
 
Eager to hear how Google Streams will evolve, as a fan of Google+ and passionate advocate to adopting it for #SEO  for small business, happy to contribute to the evolution of #googlestream  in any way possible +Bradley Horowitz excited to see the next steps!
 
+Bradley Horowitz​... This is a PR Nightmare! Why would ANY business, organization or media group want to invest the time, money or manpower into G+ or associate themselves with any other Google platform perceived to be dead?

Businesses will simply double down on FB and Twitter, because they will be viewed as stable ventures.

Much clarity is needed on the future of this platform.

As an executive, you know decisions are being made NOW.

The big question being asked by businesses is can I trust my brand to associate with Google, now or in the future. 
 
+MilitaryPCS.net main stream media is happier reporting lies instead of facts and TBH they really need to be taken to task on their misreporting. They don't bother to check facts, a juicy ad-filled story is better. Oh, and read my post above.
 
How come no one is speaking about the many communities on g+ and what it means to them? I am not interested so much in photos as the invaluable communities I am a part of.  Will there be some PR about that, or do they need to start considering other company platforms? Something should be said now rather than later or you will lose a huge business community.
 
+Bradley Horowitz Congratulations, but does this mean that google plus is ending and will be replaced with google streams and photos? please explain.
 
Has there been any news media reports that have taken the statement above at face value or are they ALL in bed with Apple/Facebook/Twitter? There must be some biased reasoning for the terrible news articles of late??
 
+Bradley Horowitz  Congratulations! I'm excited to see where Google is headed and where you will lead this platform.

When you are making changes the only thing I, and millions of Google Apps users out there would ask, is be contentious of the support communities we have made using G+.  Google has a long way to go before people take it's feedback system seriously, so these communities are often the only place where Google Apps Admins, Google Educators, and Google Trainers can go to get the answers they are looking for.
 
EN. : - Fr : Hello ! (_Good Morning, from #MARTINIQUE _) . A " rummeur " again, says Google+ will disappear (depending , among others, Pinguouinett ) . is this true or false ? (Is a Fake or, True ?).  /
- Fr: Bonjour ! une rummeur de plus, dit que Google+ va disparaître (selon, entres autres, Pinguouinett). est ce Vrai ou Faux ?
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hello I'm from Brazil much like google plus but colmuinidades could be equal to the old orkut forums.
people love to share files and hope this fragimentação not affect the way we interact.
I do not like facebook but if google + get bad unfortunately will migrate to VK 
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Dear Google,

Enough!   This will be the third google project I adopted and became dependent upon that will be shuttered.   In my mind no Google service can be viewed as reliable for adoption.

Either commit to long term development of service and project or just not bother at all.   At this point count me out.

Can't wait for Google to drop Google drive and Google docs.
 
+Bradley Horowitz
I'm just a seventeen years old boy and I speak for many teens. I been using Google plus for months and I think it's great, when I hear the Google plus is splitting or shutdown
Or something.
I know that there are many teens part of many fandoms like mlp, fnaf, anime, furries and many more, they are all gathered here and they are going crazy saying that it's going to be hard without all the followers and friends and relationship and its going to cause a depression on many teens who use it and they don't want to switch bac, I'm part of many teens who say no, #savegoogleplus and I have so many wonderful friends
It going to hurt a lot of teens and I hope your notice it, it nice knowing this place 
 
que hare con todos mis contactos y publicaciones de años aca ?
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Hey you could run Google stream and photos but without quitting g+ please, we all do really like this social network.
 
+Artycam MLP please read comments. The stream IS google+, as well as a number of other google services.
 
Dès l'instant ou la sécurité est bien en place, je suis content de trouver une plate forme ou mes photos pourrons sans danger êtres partagées.
Good luck for the nieuw busines
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Congratulations. But does that mean that the Stories feature on Google Photo will finally get a revamp or an overhaul?
 
Okay, for those of us who already liked #GooglePlus , HOW does splitting it into #GooglePhotos  and #GoogleStreams  improve the products and benefit the user?

Sure the Google Plus brand name has been treated as a punchline in the media much like Aquaman when it comes to superheroes (and like him, vastly misunderstood and underrated), how does this splitting it up improve the product itself and how do we as users of the product(s) come out ahead from the previous status quo?

Lastly, will you be responsible for MARKETING Google Photos and Google Streams? If the reason for the split is due to a lack of popularity, then the blame for that can also be laid at the DEARTH of marketing of the service. The same thing happened to the #Amiga  computer--and, frankly, a lot of other canceled Google services. Burying a 10-second mention during a 1-minute ad of #Google  services in general is burying the lede. The people who hadn't heard of the service or known what it was wouldn't figure out the benefits from those ads.

And if you don't have a budget to market the service then focus on developing new and improving old features. That at least gives tech news services something to report on. The long period of time between new features being added to Google Plus did it no favors--much like #GoogleGlass  has gone a year with the only new feature being new fashion frames and no word on longer battery life or even something as simple as an LED light to indicate when its camera was on (odd how much grief it got for a camera that sometimes might be on versus HoloLens augmented reality glasses which require the camera to ALWAYS be on to sync the virtual overlay onto the real background).

Plus the decision to rescind the horrible restriction of real names only happened long after the first 6-12 months when the service was still the buzz of the tech media.

Yeah, I know, fans can sometimes be the harshest critics of something, only because we care that it does well. We're already fans of Google Plus. We know the greater control, privacy, flexibility and power it has over Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. We're already here because we want that to continue. We just hope you and Google overall feel the same way--and ACT in ways to support it.

-- Ken from Chicago

P.S. Now I have to go post to DC Comics how not mess up Aquaman movie (its most underrated superhero) and to Marvel Comics why it should have a Netflix series about its most underrated superhero, Doug Ramsey, aka #Cypher  (his ability to almost instantly translate languages was only used for hacking computer languages and it took TPTB forever to realize he'd also be able to read BODY LANGUAGE to tell if someone is lying, how they feel and even tell want kind of move someone would use in martial arts, not to mention be able to understand any doctorate subject by being able to break down the high-level language to effectively make him supersmart, altho TPTB deliberately nerfed that ability).

P.P.S. Okay, okay, the above sounds a bit arrogant (Hubris much?), especially if you don't know me or read my previous (sometimes a ... wee ... bit long-winded) posts. I'm not trying to attack the decision made, just ask for a straight out statement of the benefits. And if those benefits have been already announced in the past week, then the lack of a link to them in the original post seems to be symptom of the kind of problem of lack of marketing--and basically, of communication--I have been concerned about.
 
+Ken Fromchicago​ it's not splitting. If you had have read the comments it would have saved a lot of typing LOL
 
+Mark Stronge If it's not splitting then they've done a poor job of communication. The original post itself says he's in charge of "Google's Photos and Streams products"--plural.

If it's not splitting, then their silence is deafening and allowing rivals and naysayers to control the meesage--again, just as with their vague announcement that the Google Glass Explorer program was ending without explicit statement that Glass itself was continuing, only a hint that they looked forward to seeing how it shows up in the future.

If there are comments that link to explicit statements about how this change is an improvement, then that too is poor communication by not including it in the original post.

I'm not arguing the changes are not positive, I'm asking for their REASONS HOW the changes are positive.

After all this is the same company that effectively countered the lame "fragmentation" whine against the variety of #Android  models with their "Be Together, Not The Same" campaign. That was brilliant marketing and communication. I'm just asking they apply that skill in this area.
 
+Ken Fromchicago​ actually they did say very clearly that glass has a bright future and is now a fully fledged division within Google.

The only issue here is the way the media is twisting a story to suit their agenda. You should be taking out your wrath on the media as they are the ones who add in the lies to the news.
 
+Mark Stronge I agree much of the news media can and will twist a story for their own agenda and Google has gone from the scrappy underdog to being depicted as the top dog to take potshots at. But it's been that way for years, which is why it's all the more important to be clear about the message.

Part of that has Google's poor communications (e.g., "approaching the creepy line"). Part of is rivals and general naysayers taking shots, feeding a negative view of Google and its services. That's partially enabled by Google's deafening silence allowing the negative articles to go unchallenged.

Part of it is when Google is too cute by half and vague in their statements. If they are moving Google Glass to focus on Enterprise customers, they could have just said that instead of their announcement it's being absorbed by Google overall. Also, their CFO's comments that sometimes the tough calls are made and you have to cancel a product wasn't helpful.

With Google Plus, various folk from Google have said that not only is it getting split between Photos and Streams but Hangouts is becoming its own standalone product.

Again, my issue is not about what is said but how it's said.
 
Hangouts is already pretty much standalone, you can invite people to a video hangout that don't even have a google account. That's a positive thing. As the statement says, this should be seen as wholly positive.

I thought the statement was very clear and actually, this isn't the first time that "photos and streams" has been mentioned in public. Just read the statements by Google, calm down and carry on. Yes, I would like google to call out all the bad reporters, but there are only so many hours in the day.
 
Can you give us an idea of what will be still there as I use G+ as a staple of my small business' SMM?
 
That's a very short bit of non-information for someone who wants to be properly understood.


 
I must ask,what will be of G+?Will communities and posts go away?What will happen to Hangouts?Will I not be able to talk to the great friends I have made here any more?What is going to happen?
 
+Jason Falter It is not about making money or not, it is about breaking the law. Posting someone else's photo without their permission is illegal, period. If the copyright holder ignores some misuse because it's just being used in a post, but then goes after someone getting commercial gain, they lose a lot of their claim in court. 
 
+Craig Colvin Then don't post them online. Like I said, take some personal responsibility. 
You won't convince me otherwise so you can stop trying. Thanks. 
 
+Jason Falter Blaming the victim is a ridiculous argument. Do you also say that women that dress sexy deserve to be sexually assaulted, that they should take some personal responsibility? 

I take personal responsibility for my actions but I also expect others to follow the law. Posting or not posting my images online is irrelevant.
 
Photos and Streams, moments and events - context is next, looking forward to what's cooking in those Google labs.
 
+Craig Colvin​ apples to oranges and lowest common denominator comparisons are not the same thing. Your reply was classless. Good day.
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