I would prefer to see a standalone service though.

y0himba, is this what you mean?

No, Buzz Is Not Being Clipped From Gmail. It MAY Get A Separate Web App Though.

Apparently clicking the link at the bottom of gmail is *not* enough to disable google buzz...

http://bit.ly/9uRj1S

Thanks, Google! I really like putting in the effort to learn how to do this, it's a great way to spend my time, and even better, will certainly enhance my computing skills. Cool! 

Grrrrrrrrr......

All right... now I *am* mad at google.    I went into reader, and it said one new person was following me- my old landlord.  It also said I was following 19 people.  It auto-added these people- people I must say that I didn't want to follow me or to follow.  I was able to purge myself of my new followers (I think), but now it says "request sent" in reference to a lot of people that I don't want to follow, and frankly didn't want to contact regarding this.  And I can't remove these so-called 'requests'! They need to clean their act up FAST!  I've emailed a lot of people over the years I've had my gmail account, and for them to mine those old 'contacts' in this way is inexcusable!  

I never thought about lawyers/journalists/doctors/anyonewithpriviledgedinformation and buzz- but someone did.

1. Blog post to lawyers about turning it off - http://bit.ly/caBn6s
2. Blog post to lawyers about legal implications - http://bit.ly/bJC1CD

It's not wise to piss of litigation minded masses, IMO...

That 'buzz' you hear is the hive in a grumpy mood...

HA!

Google? No privacy? Oh, Capt. Obvious was here. 

Yes! Yes, he was!
Shook his hand I did, fascinating personality, really a great man.
We need more like him these days.
Seems so many people in this day and age still can't get past the forest/trees quandary he's so good at explaining.