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		cameronbrown on July 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thiel Urges U.S. Probe of Google's 'Seemingly Trea... My theory is that it was less embarrassing than saying they failed so spectacularly. A shame really.

qtplatypus on July 17, 2019 [–]

I suspect that fixing the bug would have cost more then G+ was making them. Which is a pity because the world needed a nonfacebook social media platform.

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