In the last week the Google Chrome extension for +1-ing a webpage was changed, and the +1 functionality was removed. Now users can only post to Google+, but cannot give an anonymous +1. Many users are unhappy (including me):My Google+ profile now contains only posts, no +1's. I am afraid that Google is getting rid of the +1 system altogether, which is a big loss for me. I love being able to give helpful/cool pages a +1, and seeing the +1 count for helpful/popular pages. I don't want to post every single page I find useful, as that would completely flood my Google+ profile.Google's developer documentation still refers to a +1 Button, but the button does not appear to store +1 counts.The strange thing about this is that I am unable to find any sort of announcement or explanation for this radical change in behavior. Can anyone point me to an official announcement or explanation regarding this change of behavior? I would also like to know if I will be able to retrieve my +1 data, which goes back several years.
what happened to +1?
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