tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post8402585295228398802..comments2024-03-27T03:58:43.402-04:00Comments on <center>CasesBlog - Medical and Health Blog</center>: Some health bloggers feel uncomfortable with Google BuzzUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-14066941306180292312010-03-02T15:30:25.360-05:002010-03-02T15:30:25.360-05:00I think this is an important topic for many groups...I think this is an important topic for many groups of professionals. Talking about sensitive medical issues as anonymous online personas is one thing, but that anonymity disappears once your real name and location is tied to your posts and responses. This means that any doctor's posts can be tied back to him, and so his "one of my patients" becomes a real person who is being talked about. <br /><br />Personally, I don't know how I feel having all my personal gmail stuff tied in with my online work stuff. Google buzz feels invasive to me at the moment, but I don't want to be left out of the learning curve, you know? I'm going to try it for now and see how it goes.<br /><br />-Aurora @MDiTVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-49588099510458524242010-02-15T17:27:52.414-05:002010-02-15T17:27:52.414-05:00@Vamsi I don't believe your opt-out comment is...@Vamsi I don't believe your opt-out comment is entirely correct. I clicked away from the Buzz information page and was later surprised to see that Buzz had been activated and that I was automatically following some of my contacts (barely knew a few of them, in fact!). <br /><br />The "not now" button I clicked gave me the impression that I could read about it later. Once I noticed Buzz was active, I had to go to the bottom of my Gmail page to disable Buzz -- after I unfollowed everyone & blocked others. <br /><br />How is this experience my fault? I don't even have a public Google profile. I do think Google is seeking too great a degree of data interconnectedness and I plan to phase out my use of as many Google products as I can.Disappointed Google Usernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-80327304432863919182010-02-15T10:35:47.594-05:002010-02-15T10:35:47.594-05:00Once again a great encapsulation and insight on th...Once again a great encapsulation and insight on the topic.<br />I like the concept of Buzz, am still to discover the power of wave ...but am very happy with the other services I am currently using. <br />I like the 'lack of restriction' with characters with Buzz, but am spending so much time away from a computer terminal and on the iPhone I find Twitter and FB apps easiest to use at present.<br />I will stop now, before I start to sound like an old fuddy-duddy refusing to move away from the 'old school' micro-blogging tools.sandnsurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05705441633659539841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-81483556963736116742010-02-15T10:30:49.992-05:002010-02-15T10:30:49.992-05:00I think that this is the best comment I've eve...I think that this is the best comment I've ever read about google's...blunder? It was completely preventably BY the account holder. People who are just moving away from their service for the sake of "privacy" maybe don't understand the options that are listed on the privacy pages or settings pages. Gmail, buzz, etc. are all no worse than ANY other provider (i.e. Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.) I don't really understand that issue...<br /><br /><br />Tim Sturgill - I understand the concern about privacy issue and what occurred with the start of Buzz, but I have some difficulty with the notion that such a wonderful free service (Google products) somehow equates to no personal responsibility. Any privacy "breaches" with the start of Buzz were totally preventable by beforehand looking at and managing your Google profile and reading the instructions that came with the Buzz start. Could Google have done better, sure.<br /><br /><br />--------------------<br /><br />@Tim, there was an opt in / opt out feature...if you clicked or navigated away from the buzz information page, buzz would have been disabled. Also, at the bottom of your gmail account there was a "turn buzz off" button since the first day it launched. Just like there was a turn chat off button. <br /><br />Tim Sturgill - Should have added, any new service (or add on to existing service) should be opt-in not opt-out. So on that score alone I believe Google blew it (but only to the extent you negate any personal responsibility or your persona on the web).Vamsinoreply@blogger.com