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The oddest thing about Buzz was that it's automatically following everybody I've ever conversed with using GMail, whether or not I know them. They successfully
by apike 17y ago
The oddest thing about Buzz was that it's automatically following everybody I've ever conversed with using GMail, whether or not I know them. They successfully avoided the "nobody's here" problem that Wave had, but by opting in everybody who uses GMail, it created the opposite problem.
- jedc 17y agoReally? I was only automatically following my real friends. I keep my full address book in Google Contacts (1000+ ppl, including long-gone friends/workmates/classmates). Perhaps because I use Gmail as my main personal account it was able to figure out who was who.
- btipling 17y agoI used gmail for maybe a year many years ago, Google Buzz ended up following people I've never talked to, including someone who spammed me once.
- adzuci 17y agoHeh, interesting, I'd say it definitely was made to jump start off of Gmail users, works well for everyone I know, but looks like there are exceptions.
- brown9-2 17y agoDid you use Reader and share items in there? If so it seems as if Buzz just re-uses those settings.
- apike 17y agoInteresting. They might be using a heuristic, or they might be auto-following people who follow me from their address books.
- DougBTX 17y agoNot for me, my buzz is empty, and I've conversed with others using gmail before. My gmail address book, however, is probably empty, since I don't use that.
- Groxx 17y agoWell, you do still need to click the "start" button. There is a "no thanks" link right on the Buzz intro page. Technically that's an opt-in system. They've just made opting in ridiculously simple.