Is today April 1 or May 1? Google Plus, a social networking site launched in 2011 but long deemed a failure due to low adoption and engagement rate, sent out its first tweet Friday, which has some asking where the network has been all these years.

Hello Twitterverse! Can we get some love for our #firstTweet? â€” GooglePlus (@GooglePlus) May 1, 2015

Google Plus launched in June 2011, and the site joined Twitter in July 2011. A Google spokesperson confirmed that the account is a Google-sponsored account. Google’s official Twitter account is following the account and retweeted the account’s first tweet.

Motley Fool’s Leo Sun wrote earlier this week on whether Google was giving up on the network and suggested that the app should “get” social. It seems the account is following Sun's advice. Since sending out its first tweet, the account has been replying to its newly engaged followers. In traditional Google style, many of the replies include GIFs.

@NicolasCatard We were there, watching, waiting for just the right time to pounce. pic.twitter.com/9Ik9Qq4p8V â€” GooglePlus (@GooglePlus) May 1, 2015

@ArtBen that's a pretty existential question, but yes, this is real life. pic.twitter.com/aAvu1xiccV â€” GooglePlus (@GooglePlus) May 1, 2015

@headbangirl Ouch that stings a little, but it still made us think of this... pic.twitter.com/dwpYl2vmCk â€” GooglePlus (@GooglePlus) May 1, 2015

One Twitter user from Toronto inquired about rumors of the site shutting down, which the account was quick to dismiss.

@_JSA Rumors smoomers Jason! Let them talk! â€” GooglePlus (@GooglePlus) May 1, 2015

But then why relaunch now? Quartz’s Mike Murphy has a theory: