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| Google Buzz So the web is currently going into meltdown over Google's social layer on top of Gmail. Rumours of the death of Twitter and Facebook are flying around all over the place...especially on Twitter and Facebook. I think that's the problem. I like Twitter and Facebook. I don't like Buzz. It's too centered around the content rather than the message, and I've never looked at my email account and said; "I know what I want to do, send out a public email and have people comment on it." Plus, we've seen Twitter stutter in the face of growing apathy from those that either don't get it, or don't find it useful. All of us on the microblogging site know why it's useful to us, but the vast majority of people don't like it/know what it is. Why would they choose to use a service in an email inbox, with people they don't know watching what they're saying when they could be using the more insular (and altogether more socially rewarding) Facebook platform? Buzz wont destroy Facebook, in the same way that FriendFeed didn't either; it's a nifty feature if that's what you're into, but it doesn't bring anything particularly new to the party for the users that actually matter. I'll probably be dis-proven on this, Buzz will take over all of social media and I'll be left with proverbial egg on my face... This post has 1400 characters, and was posted by @stevefarnworth You must be signed in to comment |