This is my final statement about Google Plus and the decision to close.

This is my final statement about Google Plus and the decision to close.
I'd like to discuss it with you to hear your opinion.

Google is a success story, no doubt.
The founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin also knew this when they laid
the foundation stone in Menlo Park, California, on September 4, 1998.

We've all witnessed the recent data scandal on Facebook, which has caused
a lot of outrage in Europe.
As you surely know, there are different platforms for social media.
Facebook (important for me if I want to know if my cousin is still alive.. ;-)
or Twitter, where you can chirp a few more characters recently,
or LinkedIn where entrepreneurs and businessmen meet.
Yes, and there's our beloved Google Plus, where a lot of things went wrong
and now it's over.

I learned from my own experience in my company,
it is better to buy a new horse for a lot of money than to bet on a lame horse
to get it fit again.

What does Google Plus want to be?
Wasn't that the first question when it was created?
Was it a well thought-out idea down to the smallest detail
or just a fleeting idea to extend Google Mail?

Why do people use Facebook, why are others using LinkedIn?
What is so special about Twitter?
Where do people's needs lie?
Different people with different needs.

Why doesn't Google Plus recreate itself?
The Plus after Google is only an attachment!
Isn't it?
Yes, dear friends and dear smart Google heads.
So it is.
Did you really think a social media platform could be successful, as an attachment, as a plus?

You realize something's moving...

If you want to be the best,
better than Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn together,
start to study people and their needs.
It is not just that... all are equal, let them come to us.
Others take care of your data, don´t worry...

No....YOU can be better!
A house is not just a room where you can build different bookshelves.
A house has several rooms. One for sleeping, one for the morning,
one to live, one to work.

I want a house with many rooms,
for each humans and its personal needs its own area.
For the lonely social blogger as well as for the one who likes to spend
his free time with his virtual friends, as well as for the entrepreneur who can establish new business relationships.

People don't need Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn when they find everything
they use it for on a single wonderful platform, with a user interface that
works for people and not against them, as simple and intuitive as we know it from Apple.

You got it in your hands, people of Google and dear Sundar Pichai
Maybe you'll just sit down and let that thought take effect.

THANK YOU,

from a person who doesn't stop trying any better than letting a big idea die.

Yours sincerely,
Mirko

I will send this letter to Mr. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google.
That's all I can do. https://twitter.com/sundarpichai

Thank you all my friends, for our wonderful time here together.
Thank you all for your support.

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