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google buzz - update - \"Class-Action Suit Filed..

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:05 pm
by Isaac
I got it. I read about it. I tried it; a message was sent.
I have no idea what it is. And most of all, why would I need it.

Re: google buzz

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:35 pm
by Floyd
Isaac wrote:And most of all, why would I need it.
that is with 90% of the trash advertised in your face, too.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:02 pm
by Sirius
The media are comparing it to Facebook. So, I'd guess, it's a little like that.

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:16 am
by Isaac
It's nothing like it.

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:16 pm
by roid
the first thing i thought was that this is how they are going to integrate google wave into gmail.
coz it looks kinda like that

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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:32 pm
by EngDrewman
Isaac wrote:It's nothing like it.
X2

I saw it and was like "wtf? Twitter in Gmail now?"

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:38 pm
by Skyalmian
Beware the army of Bot advertising/marketing accounts \"following\" your profile. There are many. Damn stalkers.

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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:11 pm
by Isaac
Skyalmian wrote:Beware the army of Bot advertising/marketing accounts "following" your profile. There are many. Damn stalkers.
I'm ok with that; Everything must be free, legal, and of the highest quality. Go ahead and stalk me, google. I'm not that interesting to watch.

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:14 pm
by Skyalmian
I doubt they're Google. They seem to be human-created and then scripted to run on autopilot from there on out... Since Google Buzz went live I've had a 3 automatons \"follow\" me.

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:21 pm
by Isaac
pcmag.com wrote: Class-Action Suit Filed Against Google, and Buzz
02.18.10

By Mark Hachman

Law firms in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Wednesday filed a class-action complaint in San Jose, Calif., federal court against Google, and its Buzz technology, on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a 24-year-old Harvard Law School student.

The suit, reported by ABC News, is the first reported suit filed against Google about Buzz, which unexpectedly exposed relationships users had with others when Google turned on the technology. Google has since offered two methods to turn off Buzz.

"I feel like they did something wrong," said Hibnick, an active Gmail user and second-year law student, as quoted by ABC News. "They opted me into this social network and I didn't want it."

Hibnick said that she is not seeking a large cash payout. "What we'd like to see as result is a commitment from Google that they're not going to do this again the next time they launch a product," said Gary Mason, of Washington D.C..'s Mason Law Firm LLP, as quoted by ABC News.