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		Twirrim on Oct 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers They could have survived the real names policy debate, if the API had been there. But that was one hell of a double-whammy.

Macha on Oct 9, 2018 [–]

I especially found it interesting how supporters portrayed it as an issue that people would get over, but in the end G+ never took off and YouTube users nearly revolted over it and they also found it did nothing to improve discourse on YouTube even when many users relented.

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