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The thing that pisses me off about Buzz is the fact that it just arrogantly assumed that A) I wanted to be a part of it and B) that it had the right to determin
by rwhitman 17y ago
The thing that pisses me off about Buzz is the fact that it just arrogantly assumed that A) I wanted to be a part of it and B) that it had the right to determine what my friend relationships are.
I really feel like a social network needs to gain my trust and acceptance before I join it. I just don't want people "friending" their way into my life without my consent. I really felt like my Gmail was violated by some annoying machine that muscled its way in, demanded I interact with it and then flooded my inbox with comments by all the most irritating people I've deliberately unfriended elsewhere.
I'm sorry but I'm just not letting Google circumvent the community building pathway that every other social network has had to endure. Switched off.
- deleted 17y ago[deleted]
- jeffmould 17y agoI couldn't agree more. There are some people who I send emails to that are not my friends, nor do I want to socially interact with them, and to assume that because I sent something through gmail to them that they are indeed my friend is a huge issue for me. I like the concept behind Buzz and think it has potential, but they should not auto-follow people in your contact list by default.