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Kadin · 03-13-2010, 08:19 AM

I may be the only one, but I really like Buzz. Conceptually, at least. I despise the 140-character limit on Twitter, so Buzz wins just by virtue of not having it. Being able to directly embed links (no bit.ly / tinyurl crap) and media is nice, too.

Unfortunately, since they're far behind Twitter in number of users, it's really important that they get Twitter interoperability working. And unfortunately the Twitter gateway sucks. I tried to hook up my Twitter account to Buzz and it worked for less than a day, then just stopped working. I deleted and and recreated it in Buzz and it worked, again for a day, and then stopped working. That's pretty obnoxious.

I hope Buzz kills Twitter or at least forces Twitter to ditch the SMS-centric limitations, but in the meantime Google needs to do more to make its service play nice with others. I'm not going to update my status in multiple locations, and given that more friends use Twitter than Buzz, if Buzz can't take updates from Twitter, I'm probably unlikely to post much to Buzz.

I hope they get the problems worked out soon, but I'm disappointed that they pushed something out the door that's so clearly half-baked.

03-13-2010, 08:19 AM	#36 (permalink)
Kadin Upright Location: Virginia	Buzz > Twitter I may be the only one, but I really like Buzz. Conceptually, at least. I despise the 140-character limit on Twitter, so Buzz wins just by virtue of not having it. Being able to directly embed links (no bit.ly / tinyurl crap) and media is nice, too. Unfortunately, since they're far behind Twitter in number of users, it's really important that they get Twitter interoperability working. And unfortunately the Twitter gateway sucks. I tried to hook up my Twitter account to Buzz and it worked for less than a day, then just stopped working. I deleted and and recreated it in Buzz and it worked, again for a day, and then stopped working. That's pretty obnoxious. I hope Buzz kills Twitter or at least forces Twitter to ditch the SMS-centric limitations, but in the meantime Google needs to do more to make its service play nice with others. I'm not going to update my status in multiple locations, and given that more friends use Twitter than Buzz, if Buzz can't take updates from Twitter, I'm probably unlikely to post much to Buzz. I hope they get the problems worked out soon, but I'm disappointed that they pushed something out the door that's so clearly half-baked.