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The platform is dead. Its interface ideas are everywhere.

G+’s Collections allowed users to categorize posts by topic (e.g., “Photography” or “Woodworking”). This concept directly influenced how Reddit’s subreddits and Facebook Groups evolved their tagging and topic-specific feeds. The idea of topic-first, algorithm-second browsing survived. g+ survival

When Google+ officially shut down for consumers in April 2019, many declared it a failed experiment. But “survival” doesn’t always mean the platform itself remains online. Here’s what actually survived the G+ sunset—and where its DNA lives on today. The platform is dead

The Survival of G+ (Google+): What Lived On After the Shutdown But “survival” doesn’t always mean the platform itself

For business users, G+ didn’t die—it was rebranded as Google Currents in 2019. Currents kept the G+ interface and features (streams, communities, following) strictly for Workspace customers. Even that is now being phased out (2023–2024), with features moving to Spaces in Google Chat .