Google Plus is Shutting Down Soon.WHAT Will I Do Next?
Now i am in a panic.Google Plus is my preferred social network.I have been on Google Plus since 2011, when it was still in Beta.
How I even learned about Google Plus, was when i was still on MySpace and,was deliberately avoiding Facebook, on principle mind you.I was looking at AutoStraddle.com, a womens site, and i was getting the "drift" that my Reoublican politics were most UN welcome there.But they DID recommend G+ as a superior kind of social network so I signed up.
At the time, the Occupy movement was in full swing.
Google Plus had this thing called "shared circles",which made it really easy to "meet" likeminded people sharing common interests.
I found lots of metaphysical people (call it witchcraft if you want), and i found lots of Republicans.
This new network felt very homey,and although the vast majority of people were not people i knew in real life, i did wind up meeting some of them.
Then when Google bought out YouTube , i found myself making my first YouTube videos.Not knowing I would grow to take it seriously, as an extension of ,my Hollywood showbiz career.Since after 9/11 i was "forced" back to New Jersey where opportunities are decidedly different, few and far between.
I maintained my MySpace page, and I still have it, though it is such a ghostland i mostly use my MySpace as photo albums to back up my photos from my collection of failed computer hard drives.
Now Google Plus is due to shut down DESPITE us who have used it NOT being asked how WE feel about this,
The data breaches done by Google were not OUR fault and WHO says this network was not much used?Tell that to the millions of us using it several times a day!Tell that to those of us who formed friendships in real life with people we met on this social network!
So we have been scrambling to join other social networks.
I DID finally join facebook, kicking and screaming;it was something i swore I;d NEVER do but a good friend talked me into it and, I must admit, facebook has helped my life in many ways although suddenly being in an environment where political talk gets you enemies from real life family and friends who HATE who you voted for,adds drama i could do without!
But, i have been joining lots of new sites,as much to reunite with MY tribe (s) as to have presences on platforms that will enable me to "reach" more people, for political kinship and to gain exposure to my YouTube channel.
Some sites I am on that are growing and need good members are
Spreely.com
Minds.com
Ello.co
There are others but the names escape me at the moment!
Any Deplorables,hit me up if you see me in your corner of cyberspace!
And MySpace still exists......
How I even learned about Google Plus, was when i was still on MySpace and,was deliberately avoiding Facebook, on principle mind you.I was looking at AutoStraddle.com, a womens site, and i was getting the "drift" that my Reoublican politics were most UN welcome there.But they DID recommend G+ as a superior kind of social network so I signed up.
At the time, the Occupy movement was in full swing.
Google Plus had this thing called "shared circles",which made it really easy to "meet" likeminded people sharing common interests.
I found lots of metaphysical people (call it witchcraft if you want), and i found lots of Republicans.
This new network felt very homey,and although the vast majority of people were not people i knew in real life, i did wind up meeting some of them.
Then when Google bought out YouTube , i found myself making my first YouTube videos.Not knowing I would grow to take it seriously, as an extension of ,my Hollywood showbiz career.Since after 9/11 i was "forced" back to New Jersey where opportunities are decidedly different, few and far between.
I maintained my MySpace page, and I still have it, though it is such a ghostland i mostly use my MySpace as photo albums to back up my photos from my collection of failed computer hard drives.
Now Google Plus is due to shut down DESPITE us who have used it NOT being asked how WE feel about this,
The data breaches done by Google were not OUR fault and WHO says this network was not much used?Tell that to the millions of us using it several times a day!Tell that to those of us who formed friendships in real life with people we met on this social network!
So we have been scrambling to join other social networks.
I DID finally join facebook, kicking and screaming;it was something i swore I;d NEVER do but a good friend talked me into it and, I must admit, facebook has helped my life in many ways although suddenly being in an environment where political talk gets you enemies from real life family and friends who HATE who you voted for,adds drama i could do without!
But, i have been joining lots of new sites,as much to reunite with MY tribe (s) as to have presences on platforms that will enable me to "reach" more people, for political kinship and to gain exposure to my YouTube channel.
Some sites I am on that are growing and need good members are
Spreely.com
Minds.com
Ello.co
There are others but the names escape me at the moment!
Any Deplorables,hit me up if you see me in your corner of cyberspace!
And MySpace still exists......
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