tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933794355391496434.post1382189412484735188..comments2023-06-03T06:26:18.614-06:00Comments on A Million Chimpanzees: Google Buzz: First Impressionsjames.pyleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424800834517755783noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933794355391496434.post-10479207654971649832010-02-11T11:19:23.670-07:002010-02-11T11:19:23.670-07:00I think that we should try Buzz a little bit befor...I think that we should try Buzz a little bit before rejecting this entirely. At the same time, Buzz doesn't seem to have much good stuff that facebook and Twitter won't provide, outside of mobile users and those trying out location services. Besides, as decentralist wrote, you gain little privacy-wise by using Buzz over Facebook. All your personal info from Google, Buzz contacts, Buzz actions, GMail communications,...etc are all stored and subject to use(abuse?) by Google's servers and analytics. Adam Pash of lifehacker.com put up some good suggestions how to hide BUzz updates and even to remove this from GMail if this gets too bad. Just sayin...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041401247332719118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933794355391496434.post-39937436337052002872010-02-11T09:17:45.145-07:002010-02-11T09:17:45.145-07:00The true power in Buzz is in the mobile arena. It ...The true power in Buzz is in the mobile arena. It was very interesting to see the public timeline of people nearby and what they were doing.<br /><br />To add to Anthony's point, it does provide more of an avenue for real conversations vs. limitted status updates. Plus, the ability to limit your "Buzz" to specific groups that you set up is great. The more I get to know Buzz the more I like it. It's taken the good from both Facebook (connecting with friends and family) and Twitter (simple and open) and left out most of the bad (stupid applications, noise, etc.) and then added location services on top of it.Deeveauxhttp://www.twitter.com/deeveauxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933794355391496434.post-48902547970362604942010-02-11T09:02:20.287-07:002010-02-11T09:02:20.287-07:00What it could be, should be, and will be for might...What it could be, should be, and will be for might be 3 or 4 different things.<br /><br />To me, it should be an alternative to Facebook if Facebook gets too onerous. I expect privacy from neither, but wouldn't put it past Facebook to put some eventual fees or tie-ins to Microsoft or proprietary software.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933794355391496434.post-12601319674749069482010-02-11T08:57:48.061-07:002010-02-11T08:57:48.061-07:00I, like many others was set up to follow and with ...I, like many others was set up to follow and with followers that I rarely ever talk to. Yet the people I talk to most were nowhere to be seen. The algorithm Google used to make these decisions is highly flawed.<br /><br />It was easy to delete the people I was set to follow, and much more difficult to find how to block the seemingly random people set to follow me on some of my gmail accounts.<br /><br />After already waisting my time with a service I never wanted implemented in a flawed way, I noticed the 'turn off buzz' link near the bottom of the main gmail page.<br /><br />I went through each of my accounts and turned it off.Sean Lynchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933794355391496434.post-13782382711993134822010-02-11T05:54:37.111-07:002010-02-11T05:54:37.111-07:00I suppose it's possible. Wouldn't be the f...I suppose it's possible. Wouldn't be the first time I misunderstood something.james.pyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424800834517755783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933794355391496434.post-87976033689343565312010-02-11T05:35:16.502-07:002010-02-11T05:35:16.502-07:00I think you have misunderstood Buzz completely.
Y...I think you have misunderstood Buzz completely.<br /><br />Your "if you follow me, I'll follow you" shows that.<br /><br />Buzz is for REAL conversations with people you really know. It's not for fake social stat building.Anthony Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09065315340195840987noreply@blogger.com