COLUMBIA, 7/23/11 (Beat Byte) -- Columbia's
KOMU
television and Star Trek star William Shatner now have something in common
beyond television. Google
+ -- the Internet search giant's answer to Facebook --
unceremoniously eighty-sixed Shatner on Monday and KOMU
Tuesday, prompting KOMU anchor and Sarah Stories host Sarah Hill to
post a tongue-in-cheek "obituary" for the social media site.
"+KOMU News, 3 weeks old, of Columbia, MO passed away Tuesday, in its
sleep," Hill wrote on her
Google+ profile page. "Memorials can be sent to the 'Tablet app
for Hangout Fund.' Burial will be at 3:00 pm tomorrow in a G+ Hangout.
Graveside service to follow on my profile."
The move came as no surprise. Still partly in a Beta testing mode, Google+
-- which features social "Hangouts" -- has limited most new accounts to
individuals, closing the doors on businesses. The Columbia NBC
affiliate joined Shatner, booted
from Google+ for his "celebrity business" status.
"Actually we knew the KOMU news account’s days were limited as it’s a
business and G+ is limiting those kinds of accounts right now," Hill wrote.
"KOMU will come back when organizations are allowed back in," she wrote. "It’s
not goodbye, just see ya later."
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