Oh google plus. I wanted you to do great things. I wanted you to be huge! I was ready and willing to leave facebook behind, and you certainly set the stage for lamest revolution in the history of revolutions. But, alas, we were reminded that revolutions have this tricky little requisite: participation. So, I called the time of death about 6 months after launch even though you had hundreds of millions of - air quotes - users - air quotes. Time went on. I mourned the loss as one does with when it comes to things that aren’t that big of a deal; I would get emails about recent happens on google plus and think “oh ya. That’s a thing.” Then things got weird.



I thought I was crazy because I could have sworn I saw your face from time to time. But how? You were dead. Wait, I’m not crazy? You’re still around and more powerful than ever!? You got out of your grave, dusted yourself off, and consumed all of youtube? That’s a rare sight: seeing an undead OSN feasting on another, viable, OSN. Gross.