Comments on: Google Buzz: Are You Sure You Want to Do That? http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/ Fri, 24 May 2013 19:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Google Slammed by Privacy Authorities Over Buzz « AccessTech News http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246179 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:43:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246179 [...] This joint effort by multiple countries is only the latest in a series of attacks Google has faced over Buzz. Not long after the new service was launched in February, the Electronic Privacy Information Center asked the FTC to open an investigation into privacy concerns surrounding Buzz, and that was followed in March by a similar request from a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives. Although Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that “no one was harmed” by Buzz, project manager Todd Jackson later apologized for the way the product was launched, and the company has made a number of alterations to the way it functions, including a new confirmation screen for users so they can confirm what they wish to share and with whom. [...]

]]> By: Google Slammed by Privacy Authorities Over Buzz http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246178 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:54:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246178 [...] This joint effort by multiple countries is only the latest in a series of attacks Google has faced over Buzz. Not long after the new service was launched in February, the Electronic Privacy Information Center asked the FTC to open an investigation into privacy concerns surrounding Buzz, and that was followed in March by a similar request from a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives. Although Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that “no one was harmed” by Buzz, project manager Todd Jackson later apologized for the way the product was launched, and the company has made a number of alterations to the way it functions, including a new confirmation screen for users so they can confirm what they wish to share and with whom. [...]

]]> By: himanshuchanda http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246177 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:19:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246177 Hi Jessica,

Would like to express my thoughts about the same. I guess people are shouting not because the product didnt work but because the way the product was made. And that too by a company who needs no teaching about understanding user privacy.

I rather adore companies who experiment and fail rather than the ones who never try. Google did a good job launching buzz but it contradicted its own philosophy of dont be evil.

And as far the thought goes can you code a email, web search engine, reader etc. Yes most of us cant deliver anything of that quality. But when you are supported by this fanbase and you are making billions in moolah you need to be pretty serious before taking any wrong action.

Finally we may fight on this topic with counter arguments but we already know that Google fixed quite a few things as soon as it launched buzz. This itself shows Google feels it commited a faux pas..

Regards
Himanshu Chanda
BizDharma.com

]]> By: Jessica http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246176 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:27:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246176 I think people need to chill about Google Buzz. Google wanted to come up with something like Twitter and Facebook, so they came out with Buzz. Now people wouldnt crab if Twitter came out with something new, but since Google is new in the social networking industry, people have been complaining ever since it came out. I mean, really, can you do the coding for email, web serch, work excel and powerpoint programs, reader, a browser, a toolbar, and a social networking program? Its super hard, and Google worked on it for a long time, until when it came out, only to be dissapointed by people fussing about certain settings. They try their hardest, but there will always be someone unhappy.

]]> By: Dave Harrison http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246175 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:26:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246175 Readers may enjoy an in-depth article exploring the social and economic implications of both Google Buzz and Facebook’s privacy policy revisions. The article is titled “Trust and the Trillion Dollar Brain.”

Here’s a link to the article: http://bit.ly/dq6jPJ

]]> By: himanshuchanda http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246174 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:29:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246174 I guess google has gone too far in pushing the buzz. I believe
the market online is quite fickle and its not easy to create monopoly by any tactics whatsoever. Whether its facebook or Google, they would have to respect the privacy and follow “the dont be evil” mantra. Else they would have to pay.
http://bizdharma.com/blog/is-google-trying-to-bailout-google-buzz/

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246173 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:11:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246173 Yes, thanks — there’s a reference to that in the post, actually.

]]> By: PXLated http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/google-buzz-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that/#comment-246172 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:08:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=110554#comment-246172 Compromised their privacy — Including the Obamas deputy CTO – An exGoogler…
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/02/google_buzz_outs_andrew_mclaughlin_contacts/

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