The last time I logged into my gmail account, which was yesterday, I noticed a little message stating Google Buzz was going away. I never onced used it, because I actually had no idea of what it was. When I clicked on Buzz, it appeared like it had some similar features to Twitter, mainly the following feature. But that was it. I had no idea what other functions it had. I didn't even know what it was: a social network? a real-time chat room?
I had no idea where any input from me, like a photo or a comment was going to appear. I didn't know who I was connecting with, was it just my gmail contacts? Or did it connect to other accounts?
Evidently, neither did any of my friends. Or their friends. And now Google are scraping it altogether. Some commentators are saying it was the 'biggest flop of 2010'.
Why is this? Is it we don't trust Google with our social networking but are willing to let preying eyes view our life story on Facebook?
In my opinion at least, it's not that we didn't trust Google Buzz - it was just a confusing & completely unintuitive design that ultimately made it no fun to even try.
Just like the Buzz Killington character in Family Guy, it had zilch to offer.
Have Google learned from their mistakes with Google Plus? Or will Facebook remain the no.1 choice for social networking ?
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