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Google Buzz is not intended as a challenge to Facebook or Twitter, but as a unique complement to those Web services, the Google executive overseeing Buzz told eWEEK. While he lamented the Buzz privacy woes, Bradley Horowitz, vice president of product management for Google, also said he was encouraged by the uptake in the service. Tens of millions of the 176 million or so mail users created more than 9 million posts and comments. Buzz\'s viral nature had many users comparing it to Facebook and Twitter. But Buzz is no Facebook or Twitter killer, he said, adding that it\'s about enabling meaningful conversation on the Web.
via Google Buzz No Facebook, Twitter Killer, Google Exec Says – Messaging and Collaboration from eWeek.
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How is Buzz a 'unique complement' to either Facebook or Twitter? Most of the buzzes I get are exact duplicates of Twitter statuses (thanks to Buzz allowing you to link the two). Even if they aren't exactly the same, most people are posting the same links, videos, photos, articles, thoughts, etc. on each network. I wrote about my first impressions of Google Buzz for the Atomicdust blog (http://www.atomicdust.com/blog/single/first-imp...), and sadly, haven't really found any use for the system (especially since most of my friends who I would actually like to talk to on Buzz have given up).
Danielle,
Thanks for coming by and taking the time to comment.
I don't know the answer to your question. Buzz is too new and unrefined to pass judgement on yet, but it clearly has potential, in my opinion. One of the biggest hurdles it faces, to me, is that people don't want yet another social network, and by extension, an echo chamber of the ones they are on. If there is a way google can complement Twitter and Facebook, then they may have something.