I’m gonna make it quick, whether you like that Google Buzz thing or not, you should get your hands dirty with it slowly. (for me twitter is more than enough to socialize online).
I wanted to turn it off, and I was too happy to find a link in Gmail to turn it of, so I did.
But it does nothing other than hiding feeds from Gmail, go to your profile and you will find all your Buzz there, along with the people you *most* contact on Gmail. Here are some scenarios others can use this information for :
But it's bad for others too. Two obvious scenarios come to mind:
- Imagine if a wife discovering that her husband emails and chats with an old girlfriend a ton.
- Imagine a boss discovers a subordinate emails with executives at a competitor.
So what to do? First, to hide people you follow and your followers, click on Edit Profile and uncheck “Display the list of people I'm following and people following me”
Second to hide completely your Buzz from your Google profile, you have to delete them one by one yourself: click on the down-arrow icon on the right of the Buzz and select "Delete this post"
And finally, why would you use Google Buzz for? Do you still need another social network?
