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You can do that by following the "Deleting my entire Google+ profile" procedure. I've done it few weeks ago and unless Google has changed which services get del

by dinduks 13y ago

You can do that by following the "Deleting my entire Google+ profile" procedure. I've done it few weeks ago and unless Google has changed which services get deleted along, you have nothing to worry about.

joelrunyon 13y ago
Here's the full procedure. Deleting my entire Google+ profile Your Google+ profile will be deleted along with other services and data that depend on your Google+ profile. What to do: Sign in to Google+. Click on your full name or email address in the top-right corner of your screen. In the Account Management section, click Delete profile and remove related Google+ features. Select Delete your entire Google profile. One question: with everything seemingly requiring a google+ account these days - what other services here do you end up getting rid of?
- RexRollman 13y ago
  I think Google is trying to inflate its G+ numbers in order to seem competitive with Facebook, so its basically a dick-size contest with users getting caught in the middle.
  - raverbashing 13y ago
    This is a very accurate description Of course, for the people that matter (especially advertisers) can see through it. Some content producers are already moving away from YT, at the same time AdSense is the one that still pays the best.
    - saraid216 13y ago
      Since you seem to have insider information, can you tell us if this is actually a push from Larry Page or if it is from Vic Gundotra?
      - raverbashing 13y ago
        What inside information? I'm basing this on information from the outside, on people that monetize videos and content. About your question, I would answer based on who's the boss of whom.
        skj 13y ago
        I believe the GP was being ironic. Since, without insider information, your "accuracy" claim seems like jaded opinion.
        raverbashing 13y ago
        Yeah, I forgot HN commenters want things with proof even when it's glaring obvious what's happening.
        vdaniuk 13y ago
        Appeal to common sense is an informal logical fallacy so you could try to up your argumentation instead of complaining about HN commenters.
        raverbashing 13y ago
        This is a discussion, not a peer reviewed paper, which would be obvious to anyone, but anyway I wouldn't waste my time discussing with HN idiots anymore. Here's my argument: more traffic/users/signups equals more money. It's simple.
        vdaniuk 13y ago
        >I wouldn't waste my time discussing with HN idiots anymore Well, you certainly know how to be convincing.
        anoncowherd 13y ago
        You're basically saying he has no proof, and therefore what he said only amounts to an opinion, and can be dismissed as such. The thing is, it doesn't matter whether he's got proof or not. He's free to present his thoughts, and you're free to ignore them, or perhaps more productively: consider them. Extremely few discussions are formal debates. So instead of behaving like you're in one, how about just listening to what people have to say, and evaluating whether you think there's any merit to it, or whether it might be true, etc? Someone says something, you react to it. Then you say something, and someone reacts to what you said. Now let's go through his post as an example: >>> Of course, for the people that matter (especially advertisers) can see through it. - "Hmm.. Well, I guess that's certainly possible. Perhaps even likely! After all, lots of people are complaining about Google+, and it really does seem like Google is doing their best to count everyone using YouTube as a Google+ user. Advertisers are likely to notice what's going on, just like you and me on Hacker News, and they won't like it." >>> Some content producers are already moving away from YT, at the same time AdSense is the one that still pays the best. - "I suppose moving away from YT would make sense for an advertiser that's fed up with Google's behaviour. Hmm.. I wonder if AdSense actually does pay the best. Maybe this guy knows something I don't, or maybe his claim is inaccurate. Oh well!" .. Maybe something like that?
  - rhizome 13y ago
    But they have to do things to make them seem competitive with FB, because FB and G have a huge common denominator: NASDAQ.
- jzzskijj 13y ago
  Your Google+ profile will be deleted along with other services and data that depend on your Google+ profile. I wonder what would happen to my old Blogspot blog that has hundreds of entries. And photos in that blog, that were uploaded to Picasa through Blogspot before G+ even existed. I can see that Blogspot album in G+, so it might be data associated with G+ and it would be deleted. We spent hundreds of hours writing and taking those pictures, so it would be a shame to have all that hard work deleted because of a vague what gets deleted description.

by dinduks 13y ago

joelrunyon 13y ago

Here's the full procedure. Deleting my entire Google+ profile Your Google+ profile will be deleted along with other services and data that depend on your Google+ profile. What to do: Sign in to Google+. Click on your full name or email address in the top-right corner of your screen. In the Account Management section, click Delete profile and remove related Google+ features. Select Delete your entire Google profile. One question: with everything seemingly requiring a google+ account these days - what other services here do you end up getting rid of?

RexRollman 13y ago
I think Google is trying to inflate its G+ numbers in order to seem competitive with Facebook, so its basically a dick-size contest with users getting caught in the middle.
- raverbashing 13y ago
  This is a very accurate description Of course, for the people that matter (especially advertisers) can see through it. Some content producers are already moving away from YT, at the same time AdSense is the one that still pays the best.
  - saraid216 13y ago
    Since you seem to have insider information, can you tell us if this is actually a push from Larry Page or if it is from Vic Gundotra?
    - raverbashing 13y ago
      What inside information? I'm basing this on information from the outside, on people that monetize videos and content. About your question, I would answer based on who's the boss of whom.
      - skj 13y ago
        I believe the GP was being ironic. Since, without insider information, your "accuracy" claim seems like jaded opinion.
        raverbashing 13y ago
        Yeah, I forgot HN commenters want things with proof even when it's glaring obvious what's happening.
        vdaniuk 13y ago
        Appeal to common sense is an informal logical fallacy so you could try to up your argumentation instead of complaining about HN commenters.
        raverbashing 13y ago
        This is a discussion, not a peer reviewed paper, which would be obvious to anyone, but anyway I wouldn't waste my time discussing with HN idiots anymore. Here's my argument: more traffic/users/signups equals more money. It's simple.
        vdaniuk 13y ago
        >I wouldn't waste my time discussing with HN idiots anymore Well, you certainly know how to be convincing.
        anoncowherd 13y ago
        You're basically saying he has no proof, and therefore what he said only amounts to an opinion, and can be dismissed as such. The thing is, it doesn't matter whether he's got proof or not. He's free to present his thoughts, and you're free to ignore them, or perhaps more productively: consider them. Extremely few discussions are formal debates. So instead of behaving like you're in one, how about just listening to what people have to say, and evaluating whether you think there's any merit to it, or whether it might be true, etc? Someone says something, you react to it. Then you say something, and someone reacts to what you said. Now let's go through his post as an example: >>> Of course, for the people that matter (especially advertisers) can see through it. - "Hmm.. Well, I guess that's certainly possible. Perhaps even likely! After all, lots of people are complaining about Google+, and it really does seem like Google is doing their best to count everyone using YouTube as a Google+ user. Advertisers are likely to notice what's going on, just like you and me on Hacker News, and they won't like it." >>> Some content producers are already moving away from YT, at the same time AdSense is the one that still pays the best. - "I suppose moving away from YT would make sense for an advertiser that's fed up with Google's behaviour. Hmm.. I wonder if AdSense actually does pay the best. Maybe this guy knows something I don't, or maybe his claim is inaccurate. Oh well!" .. Maybe something like that?
- rhizome 13y ago
  But they have to do things to make them seem competitive with FB, because FB and G have a huge common denominator: NASDAQ.
jzzskijj 13y ago
Your Google+ profile will be deleted along with other services and data that depend on your Google+ profile. I wonder what would happen to my old Blogspot blog that has hundreds of entries. And photos in that blog, that were uploaded to Picasa through Blogspot before G+ even existed. I can see that Blogspot album in G+, so it might be data associated with G+ and it would be deleted. We spent hundreds of hours writing and taking those pictures, so it would be a shame to have all that hard work deleted because of a vague what gets deleted description.