Comments on: Google Has Buzz But Little Social Media Success http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/02/09/google-has-buzz-but-little-social-media-success/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Top 10 reasons to use Chinese Social Media. http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/02/09/google-has-buzz-but-little-social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-194689 Top 10 reasons to use Chinese Social Media. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:47:12 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=5551#comment-194689 [...] Google Has Buzz But Little Social Media Success (markevanstech.com) [...] [...] Google Has Buzz But Little Social Media Success (markevanstech.com) [...]

]]> By: Mark Pack http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/02/09/google-has-buzz-but-little-social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-194354 Mark Pack Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:18:58 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=5551#comment-194354 I think it's big strength and weakness are the same - the use of your Google contacts to create your Buzz social network. That provides a ready-made, immediate network (as so gets over the Twitter-style problem: I've created an account, but now what?). But on the other hand, are the people you exchange emails with really the group of people you want to network with, particularly if you are a heavy email user? I think it's big strength and weakness are the same – the use of your Google contacts to create your Buzz social network. That provides a ready-made, immediate network (as so gets over the Twitter-style problem: I've created an account, but now what?). But on the other hand, are the people you exchange emails with really the group of people you want to network with, particularly if you are a heavy email user?

]]> By: @gschaadt http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/02/09/google-has-buzz-but-little-social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-194351 @gschaadt Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:35:24 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=5551#comment-194351 From what I've seen so far - yes, I'm very excited about Buzz. (no, I don't have it enable yet either). The big three for me: 1. Sits right in my gmail console where I spend a large part of my day 2. Eliminates the arbitrary 140 character limit 3. They claim that it's going to be a twitter client in the future - sure hope it's a good enough implementation that I can kill off another background process (sorry tweetdeck...) From what I've seen so far – yes, I'm very excited about Buzz. (no, I don't have it enable yet either).

The big three for me:

1. Sits right in my gmail console where I spend a large part of my day
2. Eliminates the arbitrary 140 character limit
3. They claim that it's going to be a twitter client in the future – sure hope it's a good enough implementation that I can kill off another background process (sorry tweetdeck…)

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