Just got buzz switched on - my initial thoughts having played around with it for 5 mins are that it looks quite interesting. I was a big fan of FriendFeed, and its a bit like that in terms of the flow. Obviously there's a huge potential for attempting to process vast amounts of information flow - but you just got to filter out the irrelevant stuff (which can be tricky and time consuming). I think it's interesting to have it integrated with your email account - I think most people have their email open all the time - I do. So there's no real friction flitting in and out of buzz. I know some people have been giving out about the fact that Google have just blasted this out,  there's no explicit opt-in, you get it whether you like it or not. Similar to what facebook have done regarding UI changes. But this does not pollute the gmail experience directly - yes, its automatically turned on within the application itself, but you still have to opt to click the Buzz link. Its interesting, once you have all your profiles set up in Google Profile its straightforward to have all those profiles aggregated. Obviously a huge part of this is that Google now gets to see your entire social graph and digital footprint (if you add in all your profiles), which in turn will mean they can start ro

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