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Google Plus Now Minus Chief Vic Gundotra

Posted by Unknown on from the google-plus-still-exists? dept.

JG0LD (2616363) writes "Vic Gundotra, the man behind Google Plus and one of Google's most prominent executives, announced today that he will leave the company 'effective immediately.' Gundotra made the announcement, appropriately enough, in a lengthy Google Plus post, praising his co-workers and saying that he is 'excited about what's next.' However, he did not further outline his future plans, saying that 'this isn't the day to talk about that.'"

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  1. Made the announcement in a Google+ post by olsmeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, trying to keep it on the D/L?

  2. If he did it using Google+... by kwiqsilver · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm surprised anybody found out. I bet a bunch of people showed up at the office the next day asking, "Where's Vic? It looks like he cleaned out his office."

  3. Re:Google- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You are incorrect.
    You cannot comment on youtube without g+
    You cannot, according to ToS, have a g+ profile without having your real name on it.

    They already had single sign on using gprofile/gmail as the key. But they did not require a real name for that. Having a real name associated with the account is a no go for some people. I do not feel comfortable for people who follow my art blog having a way to go from my email to my real name. I'll choose to give it to those I am comfortable meeting in real life and no one else.

  4. Re:Please... by vux984 · · Score: 5, Informative

    So go to your preferences and turn it off. Or uncheck the 'also share on Google+' checkbox when posting.

    And relearn how to do that every time google changes anything. Possilby needing to learn new permissions models and settings and interfaces on Google's unpredictable schedule.

    Take a look at Facebook's permissions settings history for an example.

    Seriosly, This isn't hard.

    It's harder than it needs to be.

    Separate the accounts entirely that aren't linked to something with your real name eliminates unintended mistakes no matter what google does with the interface tomorrow.

  5. Re:Google- by Charliemopps · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about a settings page?

    I would like to be enrolled in the falling Google services:
    Gmail
    Google+
    Youtube
    Google Drive
    Google Docs

    Etc.
    The problem with being universally logged into Google+ is that it introduces a LOT of other spying crap on other websites. Most people log in to Google+ so rarely that they don't even realize all that Midget porn they'd been thumbs upping is plastered all over a google website with their full name, email and phone number on it.