Google adds requested privacy features to Buzz

I find the title of this post misleading. Google has not yet made Buzz an opt-in service. As long as users have to manually opt out, the privacy issues remain extremely serious.

Google shouldn’t be offering privacy options; it should be offering publicity options, which by default are turned OFF.

I think it may be time for me to ditch Gmail. I’ll miss it greatly.

Thanks for bringing those to our attention. All of those comments have been deleted. We’ll work harder on manual moderation from now on.

Additionally, the rating system is in place so that if there’s a comment people in general dislike, it will be hidden from view and will require a manual action in order to see it. That helps the community in general moderate and promote the good comments and viewpoints while pushing down the noise.

I don’t understand what you’re trying to say? That we have Filipino spammers posting links to an unknown blog (no affiliation with BGR or any of its writers), and we not only allow this to happen, but actually control it?

The moon landing wasn’t faked, dude.

Andrew didn’t see my response and posted a comment. I wanted to address this myself and clear up any sort of misunderstanding, so yes, I deleted his comment and left mine. But here we go!

Originally posted by Andrew Munchbach:

So your argument, as I understand it is:

1. Our blog stinks.
2. We edit our comments.
3. We encourage people to spam our blog and promote other sites; thus, diverting traffic away from BGR.

my response would be:

1. That is a matter of opinion. Yay free speech!
2. We don’t. Even the ones we should, we don’t.
3. Um, no.

Happy?

draaaaaamaaaa

wow…grow up guys.

Do not feed the trolls.

You talk about monikers yet from your comments, it looks like you’re not even using a real email address to comment from. If you see comments that you think are spam comments or ones that don’t add to the conversation, I implore you to email me, or anyone on the team, and we’ll properly handle them (delete, block, ban).

bg@boygeniusreport.com

lmao

That’s how WordPress works. Plain and simple. Anyway, that’s all I’ll say about this since your messages are now turning into what you tried to point out in the first place.

How about those unlock codes BG?

Comments that are disliked and linked closed, cannot be opened on Android. The up or down rating system does not work on my Droid either… I’ll bet if I fired up my old iPhone 3G it would…

*The rating system used to work on Android phones

I’m not sure anyone here is making you read anything on this website. What point are you trying to prove behind a fake e-mail and no obligation to own up to any of your claims? Go away loser! Find a website you do like and leave your crap comments in their page. You’re not discussing the subject in the article and you’re wasting all of the people who actually want to know what other people think about the article’s time as well as BGR’s. They should not have to teach a moron how to use a website when they clearly have no idea why you are supposed to comment. You’re as bad as the internet poison you are pointing out!

This guy must have two accounts because every one of his posts are ranked +1 seconds after he posts them, until I vote them down that is.

But hey, if you have no friends and no support, make up friends and fake support. It’s a free country, your free to be as insane as you want, I’m just glad you share it here so we can all point and laugh.

…Is it just me, or does it seem a lot like backbeat has made his triumphant return?

I’m actually concerned about issues that affect my life in a relevent way, so someone such as yourself spamming a blog site I enjoy doesn’t bother myself as much as it does you apparently….Curious though, as miguel, or be it his imposters threads were taken down you showed up hardcoretruth..

damn dude take some Lithium and quit using Google Translate. Your shit is making my head hurt.

Mob-mentality eh? You didn’t even deserve this much of response. Grow up and cry elsewhere! NO ONE is forcing you to be here. Avoid my point and call me a mob all you want but you’re still here! You have this wonderful freedom of choice! USE IT!

why did you lie to him boy genius?

I, for one, can only say… thanks! I’ll leave good ’nuff alone!

Actually, all responses seem to be whacked out right now…