Well, I’ve got to try Buzz and I have to say that I’m underwhelmed. The system works well for sucking in content (sometimes quite delayed), it allows for content to be reposted to one’s Google Profile, but not back out the the original site. The interface itself is like Friend Feed, but lacking the links back to the longer stories/posts Friend Feed used as a paradigm to allow for posting to other services. Buzz isn’t aware of content in the Gmail system, so you can’t share pictures/videos/links into your buzz network from your email and finally, the interface to get back to the setup for connected sites tends to hide.
The bonus? Well because it links into Reader, it gives people a reason to get back into Google reader and start to star and share things from there again.
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