Deleting an account on a social network shouldn’t be something big … but for me it is. I really can’t remember leaving one of the major social networks the last time. I think it was “MySpace” and that was long ago.

I never was a fan of this Facebook - Google+ rivalry anyway. I even think it should be more a comparison between G+ to Twitter according to the way G+ is built.

But I tried. I wanted to see if there is (more) value in Google+ than in other social networks … but for me (and that’s my personal opinon, so your milage may vary) Google+ has failed. Most of the people I want to connect to are on Facebook and/or Twitter already. Not many of them left either one in favor of Google+. Not many of them post very different content in G+ than in other places. Therefore there was a huge redundancy.

But for the most part it’s the way G+ is built. I never felt at home there. I never felt the urge to engage much there. I never really saw much value in being there. And I never liked their mobile apps for the iOS. 

So finally I decided to cut the ropes with G+ and removed my G+ account (that option is as hidden as on FB btw.). I was happy with Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare before as well as during my time with G+. I don’t feel that I might miss much just by sticking with those three.

There’s still Xing left (which most probably only europeans may know anyway) and I am close to cut ropes there too. Xing was the first social network I signed up but I am there very seldom anymore recently. And I am annoyed by all those headhunters that obviously never learnt how to read profiles correctly.

Even so I am interested in new stuff … if you want to invite me to another social network it better should be something very special. If it isn’t don’t be surprised if I decline ;-)