Graveyard By category Updated OCT 2026
Social Networks: Failed Products and Why They Failed
3 products, launched from 2004 to 2025. The cause their entries cite most often is change of company strategy (3 of 3).
My post on failed products examples covers twelve famous cases from tech and why each one failed.
Apr 2026
Sora app
OpenAI Social networks AI
The app and web version were discontinued on April 26, 2026, and the API on September 24, 2026
Apr 2019
Google+
Google Social networks
Consumer Google+ shut down on April 2, 2019; its workplace successor, Currents, closed in 2023
Sep 2014
Orkut
Google Social networks
Google shut Orkut down on September 30, 2014