If you think google photos was bad, imagine what Google+ was like. I'm sure there's a hidden reason of why google didn't clarify why they shut it down, but as a previous user and an owner of multiple 10k+ member communities on there (Communities are like discord servers), there was a lot of pedo activity. Especially in chat RP communities. When I used google+ , i was a minor at the time, and there was definitely no doubt that there were kids doing crap that was very sus with adults. There was a lot of them too. it was disgusting.  I would report and ban accounts that me and my team found suspicious. what's ironic is that no one back in that time made a huge deal out of it. Google plus was swarming with kids and there was a large number of older adults that found themselves in their chats and eventually progressing on them with romance RP chats and dating. Google Hangouts, I'm sure if we jump back to logs in 2012, you'll find a stupid amount of kids talking to adults. Only previous G+ users know about how common this was on that app. most of us were kids, a lot were victims, a lot just brushed it off and pretended nothing happened and continued on with their lives because majority knew everyone on there needed freaking therapy and excused it.,(reply>), I owned several role play communities. Don't make fun of me I was 10-13 years old and freaking lonely lol<br>- Neko Nation<br>- anime club<br>-wolf pack<br>-warrior cats<br>- art club<br>the amount of pedos that came into those domains to RP with minors was disturbing.