I loved Google+ it was so refreshing - why did they have to kill it!
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Ugh. As a former Google Maxi... Google kills way too many things. They are very scatterbrained. The Google way is to build 2 of everything and then merge and kill them.
I have heard rumors that every engineer has to submit a product or something like that and they release most of them for some reason but with the intention of killing it. I can’t remember why, but it was like kinda slimy reasoning. 2 ex Googlers exposed it a while back I think. I really wish I knew where that was because it was interesting and really explained a lot…
Google used to allow employees to spend 20% of their work day working on other things, side projects, their own projects, etc.
1. Google like to kill their projects
2. It was generally hated by the public mainly due to the fact that you had to have a Google+ account to comment on YouTube videos