{"id":666952,"date":"2010-02-17T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5473660"},"modified":"2010-02-17T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T13:38:00","slug":"google-admits-buzz-testing-sucked-and-they-are-very-very-sorry-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/666952","title":{"rendered":"Google Admits Buzz Testing Sucked and They Are &quot;Very, Very Sorry&quot; [Buzz]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_ericschmidt.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/>Google has admitted that their Buzz testing process was equivalent to mine: Click enable, then disable it ninety seconds later. They said to the BBC that their testing sucked donkey balls, which is why <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5470696\/fck-you-google\">many people hate it<\/a>. The excuse:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re very early in this space. This was one of our first big attempts. We&#8217;ve been testing Buzz internally at Google for a while. Of course, getting feedback from 20,000 Googlers isn&#8217;t quite the same as letting Gmail users play with Buzz in the wild. If it becomes clear that people don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve done enough, we&#8217;ll make more changes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Todd Jackson, Buzz product manager, told BBC News. Google only tested this thing internally, and didn&#8217;t put the service through the Google Trusted Tester program, like they have done with other services in the past. He also admitted that tens of millions of Buzz users were &#8220;rightfully upset&#8221; and that Google was &#8220;very, very sorry.&#8221; Todd&#8217;s right, but I don&#8217;t think all those &#8220;tens of millions of Buzz&#8221; <i>ex-users<\/i> would care about the too late apologies. They do care about the privacy problems and the inbox spamming.<\/p>\n<p>Would these users give Google another chance? I doubt it would be soon. And, personally, I doubt there&#8217;s enough interest for yet another Facebookish Tumblred Twitting clusterfuckassered online service. [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/technology\/8517613.stm\">BBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=9b141933b1cbee7ecc85f415ef05e162&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=9b141933b1cbee7ecc85f415ef05e162&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dConEGkuXww:P2GlFR2e3Ws:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dConEGkuXww:P2GlFR2e3Ws:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dConEGkuXww:P2GlFR2e3Ws:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=dConEGkuXww:P2GlFR2e3Ws:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dConEGkuXww:P2GlFR2e3Ws:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=dConEGkuXww:P2GlFR2e3Ws:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/dConEGkuXww\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has admitted that their Buzz testing process was equivalent to mine: Click enable, then disable it ninety seconds later. They said to the BBC that their testing sucked donkey balls, which is why many people hate it. The excuse: We&#8217;re very early in this space. This was one of our first big attempts. 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