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Once it's gone from gmail, nobody will use it and nobody will care. Massive fail for Google, strike two in the social networking department.
by dkarl 17y ago
Once it's gone from gmail, nobody will use it and nobody will care. Massive fail for Google, strike two in the social networking department.
- robotron 17y agoAgreed, it won't really work outside of Gmail. Out of sight, out of mind and all that. It really needs clear privacy settings, clear demarcation of email contacts and social contacts (with the option for contacts to be in both).
- jdrock 17y agoYep. The only reason it caught on was because it was made available through a tool everyone uses already.. kind of like how Internet Explorer is used..
- thibaut_barrere 17y agoAnd with landing pages that have obscene conversion rates (which is why people feel raped IMO).
- davatk 17y agoStrike three if you count OpenSocial. I have no idea if you should though.
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- bobbyi 17y agoI think this would be about strike six.
- stumm 17y agoNot sure if the article got updated, but it says: "Horowitz stressed that Google would still offer a version of Buzz within Gmail, in addition to any independent version".
- tybris 17y agoI don't use it because it is Gmail. I don't want more distractions.
- adrianwaj 17y agoStream based social networking is a mainstay web application. If it can be done better than Twitter and Facebook, it makes sense for Google to do it. Gmail provides a ready-made userbase, and unlike Jaiku from years ago, can be built from the ground up by Google. Why doesn't Google adopt OpenMicroBlogging for Buzz? At the same time, I like the idea of posting long posts into my stream. Buzz should look at bloggers as well as micro-bloggers as potential users. The opportunity to create a news gathering network exists.