This is true, but just to add to it, it's just the Google Plus for 
personal use that's going away. There will still be a Google Plus for 
commercial use to be used by teams and organizations to share 
information and collaborate.


On 2/2/19 5:56 PM, Pratik Patel wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> The reason for Google+ to be discontinued does involve its popularity. But, last year, it was shown that Google+'s API, which allowed people to post to it and pull some information, exposed profile data of Google subscribers. Google decided to discontinue it rather than worry about other exposed data if there is any.
>
> If someone's email address is associated with a particular profile, it will not affect Gmail access. You will continue to have the ability to login and access Gmail along with other Google services.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pratik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Gmail Plus Accounts Going Away- A Scam?
>
> Sherry,
>
>
> Gmail is alive and well.
>
>
> What is going away is Google Plus, which is Google's social network,
> kind of like Facebook. It went online around 2011, but it hasn't taken
> off as well as Google had hoped. My guess is that people had already
> joined Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, etc., and couldn't deal with yet
> another network. That was my own experience, at least.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Ciao
>
>
>
> On 2/1/2019 11:55 AM, Sherry Wells wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I got the following question from a friend.  It made no sense to me.  I
>> thought it was probably a scam but thought I'd run it by this list just in
>> case.  Here's the email from my friend:
>>
>> I got a notice today which indicates that my gmail account is a google plus
>> account and that these accounts will be shut down in April.  I am trying to
>> figure out how to keep my gmail account and get rid of the google plus part
>> of the account. Is this issue something that you have encountered on the
>> technology lists that you subscribe to?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sherry Wells
>>
>>
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