Plus, Make That Minus One

News recently cam out that Google will soon be discontinuing its social media platform, Google +.  I never really got into the platform, as it was my first foray into social media.  It was 2016, and I finally got my own email account.  Technically, I was using one set up for my store, but I didn't think twice about using it for my own.  One of the benefits I had was being on Google +.  I barely realized it was there.  Since I didn't own a computer at the time, I only checked ion on the site about once a week or so, at most.  Sure, I set up some collections, but I didn't really know what I was doing.  It wasn't until I joined Facebook, that I tried out what was available on Google +.  I tried looking up some people I know on it, but I came up blank.  I just knew some of them had to have a Gmail account as well, but they apparently didn't try to explore the site.  Even after I got a computer, I still found myself forgetting about checking in on Google +.  It was just another app connected to my email.  To be honest, I barely checked out any of the other apps in the Google family either.  I only started checking out and posting on YouTube in the past two months.  Now, Google will be phasing out its service.  It could be it part to a data hacking incident, but no one could be quite sure about all the reasons.  When I first realized the potential for social media, a few months after I was with Google, I tried to find resources to help me and my business get a leg up on social media.  Unfortunately, there wasn't much out there.  What little there was, I found to be just out-of-date for my best uses.  I am still on other social media, as well as my store for as long as it exists, but who can tell how much longer some of these things will last.  I was just starting to get more out of something, I now I won't be able to.