Google has admitted that their Buzz testing process was equivalent to mine: Click enable, then disable it 90 seconds later. They said to the BBC that their testing sucked donkey balls, which is why many people hate it. The excuse:
Though the dust is only starting to settle after the widespread outcry over privacy concerns in Google Buzz – Google claiming it was going to untangle Buzz from Gmail and then denying that it had any such intentions didn’t help matters – the Don’t Be Evildoers have in fact made some tweaks to the system. Here’s what’s changed so far:
Given the populist sentiment that it’s completed obliterated privacy by merging Buzz into Gmail without people being super aware of what was happening, Google’s thinking about going beyond the tweaks it made the other day by cutting the cord between Buzz and Gmail entirely.
I spent about half an hour playing around with Google Buzz yesterday before I switched it off. I hated the fact that you got an email every time someone commented on an update you made or commented on. I hated the fact that there was no simple chronological ordering – the post with the latest comment went to the top, not just the latest post. And I hated the fact that it tried to drag me in a third “status update” direction – Twitter and Facebook are more than enough for me. But what about you guys?
Google Buzz is strangely familiar. Probably because what it does already exists in the form of Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. But that’s not stopping them! What’s next in Google unceasing march towards doing everything?
The best parodies start with a laugh before leaving us with the hollowness of their truth. Sorry, Google Buzz. Sorry, under-lived life. Sorry, sweet butterfly.
When you join Google Buzz, it automatically provides you with followers and followees based on prior communication. These people are then listed on your Google profile, which can be seen by all your friends. So, affair havers: maybe hold off.
