Seems like googol decided to terminate G+ as they don’t want to be zucked into a facebook nightmare, with GDPR etc.
I’m part of three communities on G+:
IT Professionals
Retro Computers
IT Security
Sad to lose it all, hopefully we’ll manage to find a solution we can fallback to.
Who else is on G+?
And, whilst on this topic, how do one degoogol one’s phone/device?
I have a G+ account, but I haven’t used it in years.
To de-googol your device, have a look over on the XDA forums. There’s sure to be something there to help. You may need to drop a custom ROM onto it that’s been de-googoled by the ROM author.
For an Android device, just be aware that “de-Googling” the phone will usually also remove your ability to utilize the Play Store and you’ll need to use some other app store (like Amazon’s, or the like)
G+ also got caught keeping a huge leak secret from what I’ve heard.
Purely for the title, I like this coverage of the story:
The title made me 
I saw this one recently too…
The one article on El Reg refers :
Maybe this is the beginning of the end for Facebook (and other sites) who love to slurp users’ details (sell it for a tidy profit) etc and slap adverts in your face.
WeMe looks good (as G+ replacement) and if they will start to request an annual subscription fee then I’ll happily pay it, knowing I won’t be subject to slurpage. Plus it’s a closed group so you should not see any trolling or spamming.