Don’t Get Lost In the Buzz

Good overview on what buzz is, what it isn’t, and what to watch about it. Most perspective shifting part for me:

Q: Could Buzz become bigger than Twitter?

A: It already is:

While we can’t pinpoint an exact number, Twitter has probably around 18–25 million users worldwide. Heck, let’s say there are 30 million to be generous. Gmail has over 38 million uniques in the U.S., and that was back in September 2009. Worldwide, that number is simply larger.

via Google Buzz Has Completely Changed the Game: Here’s How.

Update 7/13/19

This ended up wrong - Buzz fizzled (sorry). Although as of today, Twitter is kind of a zombie with outsized media influence…