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Another Buzz Feature I'd like to See
After seeing this post by Colt Seavers on this buzz, I thought about how to find good people to follow. I typically follow people due to their comments, but I'd like to know more about them before I follow - looking at their profile and recent posts. Buzz doesn't make this easy enough. If you're in a Buzz, and want to know about someone, when you hover your mouse over their name, it's just a link to their Buzzes - good enough, but replaces the tab you're in. You can of course, Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click and it will open to a new tab and take you to their profile. Strange that there are different results for click. 
However, if you go to the LINK for the conversation, there is different behavior altogether. When you mouse over their name, you get a nice little popup (familiar to FriendFeeders). Click the View Profile opens a new tab and takes you to their profile and you can see their recent Buzzes and follow. 
I would like to see Buzz (within Gmail) have this feature, but with one addition. A follow button in the popup. There are some comments in conversations that make me know I want to follow someone - in this case, I followed Linda. When people ask "Who should I follow?" - the best results I've had is from watching the conversations of people I already follow and following the people who are engaging THEM. You're almost sure to have some great conversations!
However, if you go to the LINK for the conversation, there is different behavior altogether. When you mouse over their name, you get a nice little popup (familiar to FriendFeeders). Click the View Profile opens a new tab and takes you to their profile and you can see their recent Buzzes and follow. 
I would like to see Buzz (within Gmail) have this feature, but with one addition. A follow button in the popup. There are some comments in conversations that make me know I want to follow someone - in this case, I followed Linda. When people ask "Who should I follow?" - the best results I've had is from watching the conversations of people I already follow and following the people who are engaging THEM. You're almost sure to have some great conversations! 03/27/2010
How Google Buzz KILLS Twitter.
Earlier today I posted this tweet: 
Basically your profile shows a cake and some streamers saying happy birthday - only seems to work in Google Chrome and Safari though - I think it has something to do with Webkit then. Anyway, that's not the point. The responses I received from this Tweet from my 787 followers? Zero. Zilch. Nada. Nothing. This feels VERY familiar to a recent thing that happened to me on twitter. (Yes, I'm still going on about that). In comparison: 
Wow, some responses and a back and forth conversation, that includes over people. That's, not all - this was actually prompted by another conversation!
I actually had to SHORTEN the conversation to fit it in the post. Has this EVER happen on Twitter? No. Now, I know many of you will say, but they're not SUPPOSED to be alike. I respond with WHY NOT? You can post status here as well, with locations and all that goes with Twitter, but instead of being just a BROADCAST ENGINE --- Buzz is a CONVERSATION ENGINE, which as far as I'm concerned gives much more value for your time invested on the platform. Twitter for me has just become, for me at least, as I've noted, for broadcasting. The "connection" is not there. Once again, I'm convinced that Twitter is just an ego driven platform with people talking to themselves.
Basically your profile shows a cake and some streamers saying happy birthday - only seems to work in Google Chrome and Safari though - I think it has something to do with Webkit then. Anyway, that's not the point. The responses I received from this Tweet from my 787 followers? Zero. Zilch. Nada. Nothing. This feels VERY familiar to a recent thing that happened to me on twitter. (Yes, I'm still going on about that). In comparison: 
Wow, some responses and a back and forth conversation, that includes over people. That's, not all - this was actually prompted by another conversation! I actually had to SHORTEN the conversation to fit it in the post. Has this EVER happen on Twitter? No. Now, I know many of you will say, but they're not SUPPOSED to be alike. I respond with WHY NOT? You can post status here as well, with locations and all that goes with Twitter, but instead of being just a BROADCAST ENGINE --- Buzz is a CONVERSATION ENGINE, which as far as I'm concerned gives much more value for your time invested on the platform. Twitter for me has just become, for me at least, as I've noted, for broadcasting. The "connection" is not there. Once again, I'm convinced that Twitter is just an ego driven platform with people talking to themselves.
Vince Degeorge
I love the Internet, but love my family more.
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