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ThatGuyGreg [TotalFark]
2011-10-25 01:34:45 PM
How long until the inevitable headline, "Google-"?
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-10-25 02:32:53 PM
WTF is Google Buzz? Is it like a Facebook news feed?

/Nothing of value was lost
 
LewDux
2011-10-25 02:35:16 PM
www.geocities.jp
RIP Buzz
 
DragonDeadite
2011-10-25 02:48:44 PM
scottydoesntknow: WTF is Google Buzz?t

^
 
FrancoFile
2011-10-25 03:03:10 PM
I was afraid this was going to be an obit for the second man on the Moon.
 
Electrify
2011-10-25 03:09:27 PM
Isn't this a repeat?
 
dustlesswalnut
2011-10-25 03:15:22 PM
Good riddance. Interestingly their "Google Takeout" service says that my Google Voice account archive would have an estimated 109 files with 2kb size, which makes me think that it wouldn't include my saved voicemail data, which is bullshiat.
 
ChrisDe
2011-10-25 03:16:38 PM
What's the buzz? Tell me what's a happening.
 
Shaylen
2011-10-25 03:19:27 PM
Google buzz was pretty stupid from the start. I guess it was a precursor to Google+.
 
Diogenes Teufelsdrockh
2011-10-25 03:24:54 PM
What? Again?

"updated 10/14/2011"

Oh.

When is it going to disappear anyways?
 
MrEricSir
2011-10-25 03:26:11 PM
Yahoo! Buzz was also killed off recently.

(No, I'm not kidding -- it was a Digg clone that was about as successful as Yahoo's other products, i.e. not at all.)
 
PolarBoy
2011-10-25 03:28:42 PM
Woof.
 
dustlesswalnut
2011-10-25 03:29:41 PM
MrEricSir: Yahoo! Buzz was also killed off recently.

(No, I'm not kidding -- it was a Digg clone that was about as successful as Yahoo's other products, i.e. not at all.)

Flickr much? (Not saying the company is great, just saying that they're not all crap.)
 
MrEricSir
2011-10-25 03:42:40 PM
dustlesswalnut: Flickr much? (Not saying the company is great, just saying that they're not all crap.)

I love Flickr (and I have a pro account) but let's be honest here -- that's a company Yahoo! bought and has done everything possible to run it into the ground. They still don't have a decent iPhone app for fark's sake!
 
dustlesswalnut
2011-10-25 03:47:07 PM
MrEricSir: dustlesswalnut: Flickr much? (Not saying the company is great, just saying that they're not all crap.)

I love Flickr (and I have a pro account) but let's be honest here -- that's a company Yahoo! bought and has done everything possible to run it into the ground. They still don't have a decent iPhone app for fark's sake!

Eh, I don't buy the whole "but they just bought it!" argument.

Google's big-name acquisitions:
Picasa
Android
YouTube
DoubleClick
Postini
reCAPTCHA
Zagat
And many, many more.

As far as Flickr goes-- I don't use it, so I can't say whether or not it's a good product, but it's certainly a successful product.
 
MrEricSir
2011-10-25 03:50:51 PM
dustlesswalnut: Eh, I don't buy the whole "but they just bought it!" argument.

You missed Google Maps!!

But my point isn't that buying a company isn't a good strategy, it's that it's Yahoo!'s only strategy for successful products. Everything they develop in-house turns to crap, and most of the companies they buy are mistreated and die off or are sold off again eventually.
 
Hoboclown
2011-10-25 03:56:14 PM
ThatGuyGreg: How long until the inevitable headline, "Google-"?

Weeks ago, but I'm sure we'll get plenty more

http://www.fark.com/comments/6420174/
http://www.fark.com/comments/6632234/
 
plumbicon
2011-10-25 04:00:58 PM
"Retiring" Buzz? More like dismembered with an ax.

"Remember, if it's free, you're not the customer. You're the commodity being sold."
 
Make More Hinjews
2011-10-25 05:03:55 PM
t0.gstatic.com
 
blahpers
2011-10-25 05:55:37 PM
dustlesswalnut: Google's big-name acquisitions:
Picasa
Android
YouTube
DoubleClick
Postini
reCAPTCHA
Zagat
And many, many more.

Oh, c'mon. Google has made several of their own technologies that turned out pretty damn well. Yahoo! has . . . well, their pool game is all right in a pinch.
 
dustlesswalnut
2011-10-25 06:04:22 PM
blahpers: Oh, c'mon. Google has made several of their own technologies that turned out pretty damn well. Yahoo! has . . . well, their pool game is all right in a pinch.

I completely agree, and I wasn't saying they didn't, I was just refuting the "well, they bought it so it doesn't count" point.
 
Kittypie070
2011-10-25 10:13:48 PM
I turned that sh*t off permanently the third day after it got rolled out.

Google Buzz = Russian @$$ buzzer.
 
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