However, they contacted Google to confirm and were told: "No, we’re not planning to remove Buzz from Gmail. Among some of the features we’re considering is building a standalone Buzz experience in addition to the one in Gmail, but I can’t confirm anything right now."
The lack of consistency suggests that Google is having a hard time deciding how to handle this but knew they had to address it quickly. I hope they back down and fix the privacy issues, but I'm not sure they would think Buzz will be worth their bother unless they can convince people to give up the expectation of privacy. Meanwhile, I've voted with my mouse by following these instructions:
The original headline reflected a common interpretation of what was said, but either Google didn't intend that interpretation or they changed their minds.
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I can't see the original article any more, but the relevant piece is quoted in this post, whose interpretation agrees with the headline:
http://mashablemirror.blogspot.com/2010/02/google-buzz-is-st...
However, they contacted Google to confirm and were told: "No, we’re not planning to remove Buzz from Gmail. Among some of the features we’re considering is building a standalone Buzz experience in addition to the one in Gmail, but I can’t confirm anything right now."
The lack of consistency suggests that Google is having a hard time deciding how to handle this but knew they had to address it quickly. I hope they back down and fix the privacy issues, but I'm not sure they would think Buzz will be worth their bother unless they can convince people to give up the expectation of privacy. Meanwhile, I've voted with my mouse by following these instructions:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1121137
Ah, looks like the headline's been changed: it read "Google may remove Buzz from GMail" when I saw it.
The original headline reflected a common interpretation of what was said, but either Google didn't intend that interpretation or they changed their minds.