Comments on: How do you use Twitter/Buzz/Facebook?

By: Anonymous coward

Anonymous coward — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:59:15 +0000

minor correction: You can make certain posts public on facebook as well. Just click the lock icon while posting and customize to you hearts content.

By: Diwaker Gupta

Diwaker Gupta — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:37:20 +0000

I had the same problem till I wasn’t using Gmail’s web interface. But with the priority inbox and other features, I gave in and consequently became aware of Buzz. My fear is that soon Twitter/FB/Buzz presence will start to have a serious impact (if it doesn’t already) on our personal and professional lives. If I don’t tweet about all the interesting stuff in my life, is my life really interesting?

By: Xed

Xed — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:46:01 +0000

I focus on who my core audience is. Since it is precisely one person, me, the primary place for my musings is on my own server. I have a bash script that has a variable which can be edited with the witty message du jour. When the script is run, it uses ping.fm (if it is actually working…grrr) to distribute the message to facebook and twitter. It also adds the message to the end of the script itself as a comment for a bizarre archive (which have correct timestamps – something facebook sometimes has trouble with). Google Buzz is bewildering to me. I have no idea how it works. The problem, of course, is I’m a Mutt user, so Gmail is a vacuum to me. It’s like a deaf person understanding music. Buzz on its own is much like Google chat on its own, i.e. I haven’t found it to exist. But some people know my Twitter stuff from Buzz and they also see my Reader comments there and that’s nice. I read my own Reader comments from my blogspot blog’s widget that shows them. You’re right to be a little put off by the complexity. I’m thoroughly confused. And that’s without even exploring the damn good question of whether it’s really worthwhile telling the world about your little thoughts.