Question From Quora: Is Google Buzz A Flop?

[Bryan]

http://www.quora.com/Is-Google-Buzz-a-flop

[stephanie wanamaker]

thanks bryan have seen some of these answers ! its a great tool to promote buzz

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Bryan <thedigi...@gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.quora.com/Is-Google-Buzz-a-flop

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[Bryan]

Be sure to post an answer if you're on Quora.

[stephanie wanamaker]

will be going on soon!

[Sean Brady]

This is a bit hard for me to answer, mostly because I think that authors are assuming that something that is not used as much as X is a flop. If you ask me if Buzz is a flop I would say no because I am on Buzz everyday, and it meets my needs for the type of service it is. However, if you ask me if I think that Buzz will be around this time next year I would not be so quick to answer. I do think there is a real chance that Buzz will go the way of Wave. Buzz may not disappear, but it may find it's way into other services, just like Wave lives on in Shared Spaces. If Buzz gets axed so soon after introduction is it a flop?

Buzz means something very different to different people I think. It is that identity crisis which keeps it from gaining broader adoption. It is important to remember that a year into Twitter people were still posting updates about what they had for breakfast, and link sharing was no where near where it is today. Buzz will take time to grow, but it must find its identity first.

I will post a response out on Quora as well, a nice little pro-buzz post.

[stephanie wanamaker]

Sean good point about  Twitter after a year! I hope Google has patience with BUZZ and allows it to grow and flourish!

[Vladimir Kelman]

Sean,
I mostly agree with your views on Buzz. Except, I don't think Buzz hasn't yet find its identity. I think while Buzz has many good functions, its main strength is a great support for discussions. Plus - an ability to follow without being friends (single direction instead of mutual relationships). I know only one social network with similar functionality - Amplify.
Hopefully it will re-emerge as an universal social glue connecting other Google applications and will continue its current role too.

[William Ellerbe]

By 2012, I can imagine Google Buzz becoming much better than it is now. I can't say enough good things about this wonderful Social Networking resource.

[Patrick Vossen]

I don't believe so, but I don't believe its promotion has been handled correctly.
I believe it could have easily competed with Facebook if handled a little differently,
and given its own identity as an app, and not just incorporated into
Gmail.

Patrick