What's the Buzz? Tell me what's a-happening: Google Buzz
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Posted by Liz Hover
on Friday, February 12, 2010.
Categories: Social media, NSI
Twitter, Facebook and now Google Buzz.
Google Buzz is Google's effort at social networking through Gmail.
According to Google's official blog:
Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It's built right into Gmail, so you don't have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch.
If you think about it, there's always been a big social network underlying Gmail. Buzz brings this network to the surface by automatically setting you up to follow the people you email and chat with the most. We focused on building an easy-to-use sharing experience that richly integrates photos, videos and links, and makes it easy to share publicly or privately (so you don't have to use different tools to share with different audiences). Plus, Buzz integrates tightly with your existing Gmail inbox, so you're sure to see the stuff that matters most as it happens in real time.
So far I'm not that impressed with it - largely because I only use my Gmail accounts to log in to Feedburner, YouTube and a bunch of other Google-operated sites.
I'm also a prolific Twitter and Facebook user and don't see the sense in adding yet another network to the list.
I can see the benefit for regular users of Gmail. Send mail and chat with your pals all in one place.
Are you using Google Buzz? Let me know what you think.
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