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> In both cases, they clicked "No thanks, take me to my inbox" instead of the button to "Check out Buzz", and in both cases, Buzz was enabled anyways That's ex

> In both cases, they clicked "No thanks, take me to my inbox" instead of the button to "Check out Buzz", and in both cases, Buzz was enabled anyways That's exactly what happened to me. I'm really pissed off with Google now. If they are going to throw this sort of crap at me, I will have to reconsider whether I want gmail and reader accounts.

tsally 17y ago
I can confirm that this just happened to me as well. In fact, if not for this thread I wouldn't have known to go back to check if Buzz was silently enabled.
weaksauce 17y ago
Clicking "No thanks" in this instance is not a command to disable buzz it is actually a dismissal of the tutorial page. Buzz will still be enabled either choice you make. There should be an obvious opt out of buzz on the splash screen page. The way to turn it off is a very small textual link in the footer of the page that says turn off buzz.
- algorias 17y ago
  Obfuscated opt-out is pretty much the definition of 'evil'.
  - weaksauce 17y ago
    Hanlon's Razor comes to mind : "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." I doubt the google programmers are stupid but I would say that they probably were excited by the new feature that they are proud of and didn't think that people would want to opt out of it before even trying it.
    - CamperBob 17y ago
      Obfuscated opt-out is pretty much the definition of 'evil'. (since it didn't seem to come through when the other guy posted it)
    - awa 17y ago
      So when you have those $19.99 offer pages and small textual link in the footer to cancel or say no, you consider that stupidity and not malice
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- praptak 17y ago
  "The way to turn it off is a very small textual link in the footer of the page that says turn off buzz." Important quote from http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10451703-2.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10451703-2.html "But all this does is remove active links, leaving your profile still publicly available, along with any public buzzes you might have made while trying Buzz out. In fact, you're still technically following people, and they're following you. Not OK."
edj 17y ago
Same thing happened to me.

tsally 17y ago

I can confirm that this just happened to me as well. In fact, if not for this thread I wouldn't have known to go back to check if Buzz was silently enabled.

weaksauce 17y ago

Clicking "No thanks" in this instance is not a command to disable buzz it is actually a dismissal of the tutorial page. Buzz will still be enabled either choice you make. There should be an obvious opt out of buzz on the splash screen page. The way to turn it off is a very small textual link in the footer of the page that says turn off buzz.

algorias 17y ago
Obfuscated opt-out is pretty much the definition of 'evil'.
- weaksauce 17y ago
  Hanlon's Razor comes to mind : "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." I doubt the google programmers are stupid but I would say that they probably were excited by the new feature that they are proud of and didn't think that people would want to opt out of it before even trying it.
  - CamperBob 17y ago
    Obfuscated opt-out is pretty much the definition of 'evil'. (since it didn't seem to come through when the other guy posted it)
  - awa 17y ago
    So when you have those $19.99 offer pages and small textual link in the footer to cancel or say no, you consider that stupidity and not malice
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praptak 17y ago
"The way to turn it off is a very small textual link in the footer of the page that says turn off buzz." Important quote from http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10451703-2.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10451703-2.html "But all this does is remove active links, leaving your profile still publicly available, along with any public buzzes you might have made while trying Buzz out. In fact, you're still technically following people, and they're following you. Not OK."

edj 17y ago

Same thing happened to me.