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starman
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Feb 11, 2010, 02:33 PM
 
Anyone using it?

I've been using it since yesterday. A weird hybrid of Friendfeed and Gmail. Some icky privacy issues, but there are workarounds. As with Wave, there are some much-needed tools that need to be implemented (like collapsing a wall of text properly).

Thoughts?

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Feb 11, 2010, 02:40 PM
 
Nothing that's revolutionary enough to make people switch as far as I can see.

It just looks like a me-too product thus far. And there are some issue with it that I really dislike, like the wall of text that you mentioned.
     
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Feb 11, 2010, 02:47 PM
 
So I Buzz, and 24 hours later a copy gets sent to my email inbox to remind me what I was wasting time thinking about yesterday.

Awesome.
This space for Hire! Reasonable rates. Reach an audience of literally dozens!
     
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Feb 11, 2010, 02:58 PM
 
Is this Google's new social media thing?
     
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Feb 11, 2010, 03:39 PM
 
Google doesn't know what to do with all the money, so they hire people to do all kinds of crap.

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Feb 11, 2010, 03:43 PM
 
If they wanted to do something productive, they'd hire someone to make System 7.1.2 run on a G5.
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Feb 11, 2010, 03:52 PM
 
I think we should bring back the courier pigeon.
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Feb 11, 2010, 03:55 PM
 
Originally Posted by osiris View Post
I think we should bring back the courier pigeon.
But it needs a collar with GPS uplink and the ability to receive orders and directions via Twitter.

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Feb 11, 2010, 03:58 PM
 
Don't forget the Facebook updates!
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Feb 11, 2010, 04:11 PM
 
Yet another everyone-cares-so-much-about-what-I'm-doing-every-waking-moment-of-my-life service.

Eh. If people want to know what I'm doing, there are these things called IRC, instant messenger, and *GASP* the telephone that can be miraculously used to contact me.
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Feb 11, 2010, 04:15 PM
 
Hey shif, what's your phone# ?

I'd like to call you to tell you that I read your comment.

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Feb 11, 2010, 04:17 PM
 
1-800-bite-me.
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Feb 11, 2010, 04:18 PM
 
Kinky.
     
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Feb 11, 2010, 04:30 PM
 
Originally Posted by shifuimam View Post
Yet another everyone-cares-so-much-about-what-I'm-doing-every-waking-moment-of-my-life service.

Eh. If people want to know what I'm doing, there are these things called IRC, instant messenger, and *GASP* the telephone that can be miraculously used to contact me.
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Feb 11, 2010, 04:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by shifuimam View Post
1-800-bite-me.
Hey, I called that hot line before. Didn't know it was you.

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Feb 12, 2010, 01:44 AM
 
Originally Posted by shifuimam View Post
Yet another everyone-cares-so-much-about-what-I'm-doing-every-waking-moment-of-my-life service.

Eh. If people want to know what I'm doing, there are these things called IRC, instant messenger, and *GASP* the telephone that can be miraculously used to contact me.
You still don't get it, do you?

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Feb 12, 2010, 03:06 AM
 
Originally Posted by shifuimam View Post
Yet another everyone-cares-so-much-about-what-I'm-doing-every-waking-moment-of-my-life service.

Eh. If people want to know what I'm doing, there are these things called IRC, instant messenger, and *GASP* the telephone that can be miraculously used to contact me.
But hot chicks don't use IRC or telephones. They use facebook and SMS.
     
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Feb 12, 2010, 03:59 AM
 
Originally Posted by downinflames68 View Post
But hot chicks don't use IRC or telephones. They use facebook and SMS.
Oh, damn. I knew I forgot something. Of course, thanks to my stupid iPhone, I send like eleventy-twenty texts a month now.
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Feb 12, 2010, 03:57 PM
 


Seems pretty well not-thought-out.
     
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Feb 12, 2010, 06:08 PM
 
AHAHAHHAHAHA that is awesome.
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starman  (op)
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Feb 12, 2010, 07:29 PM
 
EDIT: Google is stupid

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Feb 17, 2010, 05:15 AM
 
Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
If they wanted to do something productive, they'd hire someone to make System 7.1.2 run on a G5.
6.0.7 please! MacPlaymate never ran on 7.
     
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Feb 17, 2010, 12:34 PM
 
Steve Jobs says Buzz is no good, so there is no need for anyone to try it.

He also said the iPad is the best device ever, so buy it now.
     
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Feb 17, 2010, 12:37 PM
 
Originally Posted by spacefreak View Post
Steve Jobs says Buzz is no good, so there is no need for anyone to try it.
Whatever.

Right now, most EVERYONE agrees that Buzz is a bug-ridden, wanna-be piece of premature software.

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Feb 17, 2010, 12:45 PM
 
Originally Posted by downinflames68 View Post
But hot chicks don't use IRC or telephones. They use facebook and SMS shout through the serving hatch.
Fixed.

I never did get the hang of social networking sites. They always seem to try to pull you down to the average. I guess I'm too old school... ...if I want to know how someone's day's been, I'll beat an answer out of them phone them and ask. Pull, not push updates.
Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
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Feb 17, 2010, 02:30 PM
 
Facebook doesn't update me unless I open up the iPhone app.
     
   
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