[gfodor]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is how odd it is that google is killing a product likely used widely within Google.

[wmf]

I guess it's a sign of maturity when Google realizes that their own employees are not representative of the general Internet market that Google is targeting.

[guard-of-terra]

Lying in a coffing in a fancy suit is a sign of maturity too.

Why is that kind of maturity good these days? For whom?

[camus]

so maybe they should kill ChromeBooks and G+ already , nobody cares about that damn stuff.

[ktsmith]

I don't think it's odd. I think the speculation that some reader features are being rolled into plus is accurate and google wants their internal people dog fooding those implementations.

[thomaslangston]

If they were rolling it into G+, they would have announced that first. It simply doesn't make sense to lose your users and then try to regain them, instead of providing a migration strategy.

[ktsmith]

That might make sense if they are a one to one equivalent. I think it is unlikely to be the case however. Losing a few million users of a niche product doesn't matter to Google if it wasn't a large revenue stream. Rolling out features that fit the Google+ scheme as they are ready makes more sense to me.

[munificent]

Buzz was widely used internally when it was killed. I think it may have been more successful inside than out.