I hate the fact that Google have decided to put the social networking feature into my email utility. Noone should mess with my email! I want just email. I really hope there is a way to disable that feature.
You could make a filter for it.
Tell HN: Enabling buzz exposes your full name and contact list on google profile
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#12I just checked and found my profile to be private by default.
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#13Wait - I don't quite get it. I've just logged into my google profile and both of those boxes are checked. When I visit my profile page from another browser, I cannot see my contact list. I want my full name displayed but not my contacts.
Can someone point out how I can find my contacts from this page? I just don't quite get it, I think.
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#14Wait - I don't quite get it. I've just logged into my google profile and both of those boxes are checked. When I visit my profile page from another browser, I cannot see my contact list. I want my full name displayed but not my contacts. Can someone point out how I can find my contacts from this page? I just don't quite get it, I think.
Okay - I get it now: Google Buzz is a product. I had it in my mind that it was a feature of Google Profile. Sorry for the confusion.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15559/google_buzz_and_you_tho...
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#15Do you need a "Google Profile" to be able to use Buzz?
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#16Wonder what Paul Buncheit has to say about Buzz :)
http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2010/02/if-your-product-is-... (via HN)
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#17I hate the fact that Google have decided to put the social networking feature into my email utility. Noone should mess with my email! I want just email. I really hope there is a way to disable that feature.
There is a very easy and obvious way :)
This wasn't meant to be snarky: there is simply a very clear 'disable buzz' link at the bottom of your gmail.
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#18Any idea how to make the geo-location feature on buzzes less accurate? I'd be OK with city level, but not block level.
In the demo, they actually showed you that in Google Buzz you can put GPS at work and it will tell the best possible location and only after you have pressed "OK" it will make it your location. Google Latitude lets you update your status manually and I tend to put it at city level.
Right, I have the option to choose from many nearby locations but they're all very precise (even if they're not accurate). I want something that's accurate but not precise. It sounds like Goolge Latitude has it. Hopefully they'll add it to Buzz too.
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#20Do you need a "Google Profile" to be able to use Buzz?
why yes. how do you think you'll use this without a google account?