The Internet reacts to the news that Google Plus is shutting down
After Monday’s announcement that Google will shut down its social network, Google Plus, the Internet reacted to the news the only way the Internet knows how: it took to social media and made jokes about it.
Many people were surprised by the fact that Google Plus was even still around, while others expressed their lack of caring through an array of memes.
Here are a collection of funny reactions from around the Twitterverse.
Google has apparently announced they are shutting down #GooglePlus
Leading thousands to ask the important question “Google+ was still around?”
ā Strain40-Boo (@Strain42) October 9, 2018
All remaining Google+ users today: pic.twitter.com/rGti8omido
ā į“ŗį“¼įµ Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) October 8, 2018
#GooglePlus ? More like #GoogleMinus
ā Aaron Caldwell (@aaronjfcaldwell) October 9, 2018
Can’t expose user data if you don’t have any users #GooglePlus pic.twitter.com/L24oej5Q32
ā Evan Price (@_evanp) October 8, 2018
GOOGLE PLUS IS SHUTTING DOWN pic.twitter.com/s6hUNTLAjk
ā š Nick (@NicksOdyssey) October 8, 2018
Letās start something and kill it later#GooglePlus
ā Nikhil Raj (@thenikraj) October 9, 2018
Google+ is officially dead but in reality it’s been lifeless for some years now. #GooglePlus pic.twitter.com/xqbAMYsBPF
ā Jonathan Pollinger – Social media trainer (@intranetfuture) October 8, 2018
So @GooglePlus is dead now? š¤ā ļø #RIP #GooglePlus pic.twitter.com/N1tOCEfDqW
ā Erik Reichenbach (@ErikReichenb4ch) October 8, 2018
#GooglePlus has finally gone!
(Yep, it was still around until today…)#socialmedia pic.twitter.com/8OgyvIP2Pe
ā Tom (@tomlangan) October 8, 2018
When you hear #GooglePlus is being discontinued.. pic.twitter.com/II5dJlf9Fa
ā KP (@ILoveKPAlot) October 8, 2018
Pour one out for the end of Google+… the social network we all forgot we had an account on. #GooglePlus pic.twitter.com/WGr5hXHqUO
ā The Glenlivet (@TheGlenlivet_US) October 8, 2018
#GooglePlus is shutting down and nobody cares! pic.twitter.com/7Lu7qcWL6N
ā Bobins Abraham (@BobinsAbraham) October 9, 2018
Trying to explain #GooglePlus pic.twitter.com/Aj1Fl7Hs8i
ā rŅustic cyĶ beĢørpuĢµnk (@cypnk) October 9, 2018
Now that Google plus is going to die in 10 months I can finally spend more time on Twitter! pic.twitter.com/Aqh6LrmTBA
ā Skeleton Spooky Tea (@Alex__Support) October 8, 2018
The best memes are from #GooglePlus š£ pic.twitter.com/hPYNQTAi4B
ā ā¢J.ƶā¢ 2K18 (@_R3DiC) October 9, 2018
#GooglePlus is going to be shut down next August. Itās 4 users are in shock … pic.twitter.com/d10rLhSydS
ā Sabine Mueller (@sabine_mueller1) October 9, 2018
Did you ever hear, the Tragedy, of Google Plus, the small? https://t.co/T3f8fDSrJ1 pic.twitter.com/0X1MRtXsor
ā Prequel Memes Droid (@PrequelMemesBot) October 9, 2018
It has been suggested that #GooglePlus leaked the Death Star plans pic.twitter.com/GN3eR2raa1
ā Darth Vader No1ā¢ š (-o-) (@Darth_VaderNo1) October 8, 2018
#GooglePlus makes me sad pic.twitter.com/0OXuxTU9Gg
ā Treeba (@Treeba4) October 9, 2018
Google+, going, going, gone. Will anybody shred a tear?#Banksy #GooglePlus #Banksyauction pic.twitter.com/wGotgthleC
ā 8 Million Stories (@8MStories) October 9, 2018
Farewell #GooglePlus, I shall remember with fondness all the times I have accidentally opened you, said “fuck”, then closed you again.
ā . (@cripesonfriday) October 8, 2018
It’s finally happening #GooglePlus pic.twitter.com/owryZgt2BK
ā Oshiri Studios (@OshiriStudios) October 8, 2018