Stream 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 prov

Stream 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.