OT: gmail replacement (or: gmail pissed me off)

[Oleg Goldshmidt]

I am puzzled by the buzz on Buzz. I read about it when it appeared,
including all sorts of privacy concerns and warnings, etc. I still do
not see anything about Buzz on my Gmail page - and I looked because
everybody says one needs to turn it off.

Is it another "invitation only" thing like Gmail itself used to be?
Does not look that way from the media reports. Is it conspicuously
absent because I am so paranoid that everything I do not use is turned
off already (including chat, etc.)?

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Oleg Goldshmidt | oleg at goldshmidt.org