Comments on: Google Buzz: Friendfeed replacement or Wave light? http://sm4good.com/2010/02/10/google-buzz-friendfeed-replacement-wave-light/ Exploring the use of Social Media for NGOs, non-profit organizations and to support humanitarian relief Thu, 17 May 2012 13:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Roosevelt Stancey http://sm4good.com/2010/02/10/google-buzz-friendfeed-replacement-wave-light/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Roosevelt Stancey Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:08:55 +0000 http://sm4good.com/?p=1000#comment-566 Hmmmh... Buzz turns a mail service into a initiatory social network tool. I for ever admired Google in view of their search habit. Nevertheless here I disagree with them. Privacy is in the present moment a majour concern. Though Google began addressing the privacy concerns, Buzz yet requires to overcome its burden. the people at Google seem to be playing with human informations. Google needs better reasoning about its continuous activities. Hmmmh… Buzz turns a mail service into a initiatory social network tool. I for ever admired Google in view of their search habit. Nevertheless here I disagree with them. Privacy is in the present moment a majour concern. Though Google began addressing the privacy concerns, Buzz yet requires to overcome its burden. the people at Google seem to be playing with human informations. Google needs better reasoning about its continuous activities.

]]> By: Timo http://sm4good.com/2010/02/10/google-buzz-friendfeed-replacement-wave-light/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Timo Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:40:46 +0000 http://sm4good.com/?p=1000#comment-467 Fortunately it seems that Google is listening - at least where privacy is concerned. See: http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/11/google-buzz-privacy/ I suppose this blunder is not surprising for a company whose business model is that everything should be out in the open. I remember seeing an interview (http://gawker.com/5419271/google-ceo-secrets-are-for-filthy-people) with Google CEO Eric Schmidt a few months ago where it became clear that Google doesn't "get" privacy at a very fundamental level. Quote: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Fortunately it seems that Google is listening – at least where privacy is concerned. See: http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/11/google-buzz-privacy/

I suppose this blunder is not surprising for a company whose business model is that everything should be out in the open.

I remember seeing an interview (http://gawker.com/5419271/google-ceo-secrets-are-for-filthy-people) with Google CEO Eric Schmidt a few months ago where it became clear that Google doesn’t “get” privacy at a very fundamental level.

Quote: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, then maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”

]]> By: Rebecca Leaman http://sm4good.com/2010/02/10/google-buzz-friendfeed-replacement-wave-light/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Rebecca Leaman Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:32:47 +0000 http://sm4good.com/?p=1000#comment-466 I'm with you on two points in particular - The first one, obviously, is the very real privacy concerns around Google Buzz. It is simply not acceptable for people to have to "opt out" of sharing information about who they're in contact with most frequently! And if you don't do so in the initial profile setup, it's not readily obvious how to go about doing so (tiny link on your profile page). Secondly - "Why wasn’t Google able to roll this out a year ago?" It does seem that Google is coming a bit late to the party on this one, when so many people are already feeling Social Media Overwhelm. There would have to be a compelling reason to add yet another distraction, and I'm not sure that Google Buzz is offering that compelling reason. Apart from integration with your GMail (which isn't necessarily positive for everyone), you have to wonder what Buzz offers as a social media aggregator to trump, say, FriendFeed. I'm with you on two points in particular –
The first one, obviously, is the very real privacy concerns around Google Buzz. It is simply not acceptable for people to have to "opt out" of sharing information about who they're in contact with most frequently! And if you don't do so in the initial profile setup, it's not readily obvious how to go about doing so (tiny link on your profile page).
Secondly – "Why wasn’t Google able to roll this out a year ago?" It does seem that Google is coming a bit late to the party on this one, when so many people are already feeling Social Media Overwhelm. There would have to be a compelling reason to add yet another distraction, and I'm not sure that Google Buzz is offering that compelling reason. Apart from integration with your GMail (which isn't necessarily positive for everyone), you have to wonder what Buzz offers as a social media aggregator to trump, say, FriendFeed.

]]> By: associationjam.org http://sm4good.com/2010/02/10/google-buzz-friendfeed-replacement-wave-light/comment-page-1/#comment-462 associationjam.org Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:37:58 +0000 http://sm4good.com/?p=1000#comment-462 <strong>"Google Buzz: Friendfeed replacement or Wave light?"...</strong> First impressions about "Google Buzz". The good and the bad.... "Google Buzz: Friendfeed replacement or Wave light?"…

First impressions about “Google Buzz”. The good and the bad….

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