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So... is there any point to continuing to use collections? [NO]

So... is there any point to continuing to use collections? Or is everyone just going to start posting publicly?

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  1. I stopped to use Collections because the Communities are better to manage ;-)

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  2. I can just copy over what I do on MeWe, so, I'm going to do it anyways, but I'm also going to Share heavily to the Communities for now. But Public GSuite Communities are going to be removed, it's on the roadmap, so the only plausible hope after that is if we have Circled folks and can see each other's Posts. Then, Collections may really come in handy. If nothing else, I like how they look.

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  3. I’m not sure. I’ll stick to communities until... well, depending on what Google does with all this.

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  4. I still have people followed in circles, mostly ingress related

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  5. Considering collections will probably be removed soon there's not really much point

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  6. Poll Person Are you basing that on anything in their Product Roadmap, or is that speculaton? That would be important to know. I doubt that's true, though, because, as with many things about GSuite Google+, they're used internally by Googlers.

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  7. Hmm... that article actually does not say Public Communities will go away. Just that they have to one GSuite Owner at least.

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  8. It says Public cross-domain ones owned by one GSuite user will continue but I doubt that is an indefinite reprieve.

    The good thing is, I see no indication they're removing the standard Public option or restricting it to within domains (unless your organizational settings restrict it). So if we can Follow enough people, and if removing Circles just means removing the organizational capability and not the general ability to Follow... we might buy a bit of time.

    Of course, this will be meaningless if we don't connect with enough people before Discovery becomes difficult.

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  9. Collections (and Circles, which Collections use for non-public audiences) are going to be phased out.

    Here's what's changing:
    https://support.google.com/a/answer/9229693

    Collections

    Last updated: April 2, 2019

    Collections will continue to exist on April 2, 2019, but will start being phased out in the future.

    G Suite users won’t be able to:

    Create new collections. Any existing collections will remain.

    Add content to a collection that is not domain-restricted.

    G Suite users will still be able to:

    Add content to a collection that is domain-restricted.

    Delete internal and external collections that they own.

    support.google.com - Important changes to Google+ for G Suite due to the consumer shutdown - G Suite Admin Help

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  10. How do you make a public community now? Looks like the only options I have are "open within my domain" or "private within my domain."

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