Buzzy fixing Buzz.

Google, the pioneer of Internet development, recently released a new gadget for their Gmail email service. With the name "Buzz," it aims to provide a basic social network between people who already use Gmail. It didn't sit well with many of Google's customers. Initially, many thought Buzz was intended to be a replacement for Facebook. In my opinion, if Google was trying to compete with Facebook, they would have made Buzz much better than it is. But the complaints actually weren't about the lack of features. Instead, the complaints came mostly about privacy issues. Many complained that when they signed up for Gmail, they were signing up for an email service and not for a social networking service. This is the part that confuses me: Google Buzz is entirely voluntary. It is a feature that has to be activated by the user. Additionally, Buzz does not give other people access to your information, but only to what you post on Buzz. If you are concerned about privacy, then just don't post anything you don't want the world to see.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/maggieshiels/2010/02/google_buzz_scorecard.html