2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219184#Comment_219184 2010-02-09T12:11:41-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Seantaclaus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498

Apparently Google has started rolling out a new social networking aspect, at least initially integrated into Gmail, called "Buzz". The working theory is to integrate the more popular ...

(probably others as well) into one place alongside your email and such.

More info can be found on the Google Buzz page.

Mine is already live. I'd definitely call it "preview" in nature, as there are a number of things that I suspect they'll change about it, but it's worth taking a look at.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219205#Comment_219205 2010-02-09T13:36:21-08:00 2010-02-09T14:04:38-08:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

I speak as a Facebook user when I say, "Great, another place for me to read that the obsessive users have told us, once again, that they've had a bowel movement, that their cereal was especially ...

Interesting move making it so that you can possibly import your Facebook to your Buzz-feed though. Cagey move to reduce Facebook's traffic (and therefore their revenue)?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219214#Comment_219214 2010-02-09T13:53:47-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Seantaclaus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498

Honestly, I don't read much of what my Facebook connections post. In fact, my profile pretty much states up front that unless someone is commenting on something I posted, or sending me a direct ...

That being said, I'm a huge fan of the prospect of having all of one's feed-in/feed-out networking and reading in one place. That's something that has yet to be done even remotely well. If Buzz can make it so that I can at least read select FB and Twitter posts, along with it's other features, I'm willing to see where it goes with it.

There's also a 'smart' algorithm of some sort built into it that's supposed to suggest certain things that it thinks you might like that you may not see in your 'subscriptions', as well as guess what items you may not want to see and omit those. I'm rather curious to see how well that works.

Do I think it's a poke at Facebook. I guarantee that's a factor in it's implementation... ;)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219231#Comment_219231 2010-02-09T15:52:04-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254

I think there's something important and useful about Google's approach, which is working to actively break up the monocultural walled gardens that sites such as LiveJournal, MySpace and Facebook all ...

I would much much rather have multiple dozens of topical, autonomous, and even temporary sites that spring up centered around interesting affiliations, and all held together by Google's RSS glue in the manner of Google News, than massive monocultures such as Facebook. And I think that is where things will wind up in the future, once everyone finally gets sick and tired of the mass herd migration from one site to another. Facebook is the last social networking site that most people will sign up for ever, as we understand it. Future "social networking" will look a lot more like what Google is attempting - if it works.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219245#Comment_219245 2010-02-09T17:27:43-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 tim12s http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=737

Yay. File under GoogleWave. This strikes me - for my existence - as mostly useless. I already have G-Chat, and that's pesky enough. I only go to Gmail to check for archived emails, make sure ...

This strikes me - for my existence - as mostly useless. I already have G-Chat, and that's pesky enough. I only go to Gmail to check for archived emails, make sure something hasn't gone to Spam, or delete shit and it irritates me when some of my contacts leave their G-Chat open all the time and feel the need to chime in when I'm trying to work or do some virtual filing.

As for importing Facebook? 90% of Facebook is now just... Twitter feeds.

The only thing that I would find useful right now is a desktop aggregator like Growl or Twitterific, only less harder and intrusive, that can feed in Twitter, Mail, Facebook and all that other crap without me having to do a damn thing to go to it. Like a tabbed browser but not a browser, because let's face it - even Chrome sucks balls once the cache, plugins and cookies gets as bloated as Safari, Explorer and Firefox.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219684#Comment_219684 2010-02-12T15:42:24-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

So, apparently there are some issues with Buzz regarding privacy. Links: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10451703-2.html http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/850241.html

Links:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10451703-2.html
http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/850241.html]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219722#Comment_219722 2010-02-12T22:56:19-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 David Matthew http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2886

I already have twitter. Why do I need this, with all its attendant privacy issues?

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219730#Comment_219730 2010-02-13T00:03:01-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Brandon Seifert http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=333

My friend @kissane calls it "web stalking centralized." And yeah, so far that's exactly what it seems to be. As interesting as I found, at first blush, a social networking system ...

"web stalking centralized." And yeah, so far that's exactly what it seems to be.

As interesting as I found, at first blush, a social networking system stitched together out of the other services we use, the way they've implemented it seems both dangerous, and not very useful.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219732#Comment_219732 2010-02-13T00:28:14-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Seantaclaus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498

Yeah, I think it's pretty safe to say that we're going to see some serious overhaul of this before it finds it's place. Google will be quick to correct any privacy issues that pop up, but that still ...

Should be interesting to see how the next several days go with user feedback and where Google opts to (not) take it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219769#Comment_219769 2010-02-13T09:24:59-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Brendan McGinley http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=93

I'd just like to find a wordpress plugin for it that streams my buzzes. The two I've tried seem to clash with Comicpress.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219819#Comment_219819 2010-02-13T16:42:17-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 William George http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7366

I found that everything, including Wordpress itself, clashes with ComicPress.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219920#Comment_219920 2010-02-14T19:09:06-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Marty Nozz http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6518

I do like Google Buzz because no one's attempted to send me a piece of flare or invited me to join a cause or group.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219923#Comment_219923 2010-02-14T19:30:29-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 prof_k http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1347

Like Wave, I'm filing Buzz in the "check this out again when it gets useful" drawer.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=219925#Comment_219925 2010-02-14T19:47:26-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 MattDemers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5804

I find it's discouraging me to use Thunderbird as my main mail client; I'm going into Gmail's web GUI more and more.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220509#Comment_220509 2010-02-18T11:19:35-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

Seems that Google has fixed some of the privacy issues, has also given a "Fuck no, I do not want Buzz EVAR!"/nuclear option for disabling it.

Seems that Google has fixed some of the privacy issues, has also given a "Fuck no, I do not want Buzz EVAR!"/nuclear option for disabling it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220763#Comment_220763 2010-02-19T22:00:32-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551

Killed Google Buzz... again. The fuck no kill it option doesn't permenantly kill it. You can still click buzz on the bottom of the screem to turn it on again, but it does effectively turn it off as ...

The fuck no kill it option doesn't permenantly kill it. You can still click buzz on the bottom of the screem to turn it on again, but it does effectively turn it off as far as I can tell, in that it kills your buzz profile, contacts and stops people from following you.

I'm still tetchy and unsure about it, since I've heard tales of people who've killed it still having people 'following' them.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220771#Comment_220771 2010-02-19T22:46:38-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

An earlier link said you had to block each person. Or there's the new nuclear-go-boom option that also deletes your Google profile

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220776#Comment_220776 2010-02-19T23:04:17-08:00 2010-02-19T23:13:57-08:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551

I did the block each person, then 'off' thing and people were *STILL* following my feeds. Yesterday the buzz tab appeared in settings, and I nuked it. However: there is still the option to turn ON ...

Yesterday the buzz tab appeared in settings, and I nuked it. However:
there is still the option to turn ON buzz at the bottom of the page. Not sure if that'll vanish in a few days or not, however I've noticed that my hitchhikers on my feeds have vanished :)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220793#Comment_220793 2010-02-20T03:17:29-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 Marty Nozz http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6518

Facebook's the same way. I deactived my account. Then got an e-mail thanking me for reactivating my account. I thought the internet had got undead on me and I was going to have to stake it and ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220827#Comment_220827 2010-02-20T12:27:10-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 voyou http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2205

I did the block each person, then 'off' thing and people were *STILL* following my feeds.They might have been "following" your feeds, but I don't think they can actually see anything unless ...

I did the block each person, then 'off' thing and people were *STILL* following my feeds.They might have been "following" your feeds, but I don't think they can actually see anything unless you specifically give them permission. I don't think Buzz is quite as bad from a privacy standpoint as some people are saying, although the way in which Google have distributed the relevant options in about 20 different places, and not really explained how it all works, does make it hard to be sure.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220832#Comment_220832 2010-02-20T13:16:47-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 costa_k http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6592

Disabled it and killed it. Sort of redundant and built for internet stalkers with no life...whatever. I'm really not that hard-up to synch and streamline all my social media that much by adding ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7725&Focus=220845#Comment_220845 2010-02-20T15:57:41-08:00 2013-05-22T21:47:18-07:00 James Puckett http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911

Sort of redundant and built for internet stalkers with no life...whatever. That’s why I don’t go near these services anymore. They’re designed to try and make you connect with people you ...

Sort of redundant and built for internet stalkers with no life...whatever.

That’s why I don’t go near these services anymore. They’re designed to try and make you connect with people you don’t want to. If you block a person from direct contact they can still pester you by following your conversations with other people. And it’s clear from the way Google buzz works and was launched that nobody at Google actually uses any of the competing systems enough to have given any thought to pitfalls the rest of them dealt with a long time ago. So I’ve nuked my Buzz account and will just keep not using this shit.]]>