We are updating, bear with us.
Just a scant two days after the launch of Buzz, Google is rolling out a number of changes based on the rather vocal feedback that the product has received.
Changes include better options on how to hide who you follow and who follows you, the ability to block people (crucial), and a few tweaks to public profiles to assist people in keeping their privacy straight. With these changes a fair percentage of the criticisms against Buzz have been addressed.
In regards to changing the display feature that shares who you follow, Buzz has made the option to say “no thanks!” very plain and easy to find. Many people were upset in fear that their perhaps dirty laundry would be made public in a way that was non-optional. Not a good way to build community trust with a new social venture.
Buzz has been under fire from a number of sides for what people have deemed a service that was just too public with previously private information, and too noisy. Google is obviously hell-bent on making Buzz a hit, and the fast turn-around on these changes underscores that.
Buzz in just two days has racked up some nine million posts and comments. Never before has a new social product had such fast uptake. However, given that its rollout was not a choice, it is hard to give the service that much praise so early in its life.
These changes will be rolling out later today.
The full Google post can be found here.
Thanks for the info. Greatly appreciated.
Awesome.
How about rebuzzing?
Wow. They should! There are many negative feedbacks about Google Buzz. I personally do not see it that beneficial and cool unlike twitter and facebook. They should probably make it more interesting and innovative if they want it to be successful.
Nice to see that they listened and are making changes… twitter could learn something from that!
When I started using gmail, the clean, uncluttered layout was highly appreciated. Thats why we stick to gmail. Google Buzz is just a clutter. I do not find any use for it, apart from what is already made available by
standard gmail.
Buzz is the future of the internet! OK, if it was 2005, that is. Just take me to my inbox already!
Not surprised there have been so many posts and updates on Buzz… many of these will have been auto-generated from automatically linked feeds such as Reader and Picasa, as well as opt-in feeds like Twitter and Flickr.
I've turned Buzz off, at least for now. It will take a lot of positive comment to tempt me back.
Todays like the wave's first days, but I think buzz is a better product and well understood by people, so google will continue to upgrade this product, new war between google Vs fb+twitter is on the way..