BUZZBUZZBUZZ

So Google launches this new program- Buzz. Interesting. These social networking tools always seem to start off wonderful. There was Xanga, until that became the middle school place for generating fights and posting awful stories and wanna-be forms of expression. That was followed by Myspace, which blew up until it became a place where boredom became an overflowing amount of questionnaires and too much glitter on each page. Currently, there is Facebook. A network that used to be solely for college students, needing an ID and everything to get access, it is now open to anyone with access to the internet. Now with the increasing popularity of groups and fan pages, feeds become cluttered. Facebook, although it gains members daily- seems to be losing its popularity from its customers, if you will. All these networks have their eventual downfalls because they serve to such great masses. This new idea, Google Buzz, with the technology involved, according to Google, is going to be a huge success. The way I see it, after reading an article on how it works a little, it will soon become commercialized and quickly become a thing of the past. With such technology that it can determine that since you were at the bar last night, it will wake you with articles on curing hangovers, as great as that sounds, I feel there will be corruption. Advertisements will take over. Companies will pay to be that website you wake up to. They will give money to flood your inbox with offers and reasons to eat at their restaurant, shop at their store, or buy their product. Good luck, Google. i will not be signing up.

There can only be one Buzz in my life.