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Bye Bye Buzz #gFail

Google Buzz didn't work out for me. I've packed up and deleted my account.

It's appeal - a forum without portfolio, was eventually it's downfall.
Seldom moderated threads turned easily into flame wars.
The loudest opined with startling arrogance. Trolls roam unchecked, usually justifying themselves with some bollocks about free speech or their horror that 'lilly livered liberals' dare to tolerate and accept, rather than rage against those with different views.

It's vaguely possible to ignore the idiots. You can block them from your own Buzz. However, you are guaranteed to run into them on another thread, since the 'block' feature is really more of a 'try to avoid' feature. Ill thought out and poorly implemented. I'm really not about to start sending PM's to others on Buzz bitching about someone they are allowing to troll their thread. That's effort that shouldn't be needed. Social tools are supposed to be easy.

For me, when earlier today I had personally offensive bile spat in my face, it was a simple decision. There are far better social mediums, where I can concentrate on being social without having to stumble across ignorant, racist, homophobic bigots with a very twisted, aggressive take on the world. Actually, I don't mind stumbling across them - they can be mostly ignored. However, I very much mind when they launch personal attacks.

I don't come on line to be anti-social. I want to engage with people, positively and with respect. I take care to moderate what social media I consume. When a service fails to provide the tools to do this, it stops being social and becomes an irritant.

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My First month - Google Buzz Wordle

To create your own Wordle. First grab a feed of your Buzz. Then paste it in Wordle. Then save to public and grab the embed code. Pretty easy stuff. You can radnomise your Wordle until you get something you like the look of.

Wordle, of course, will work with any RSS feed. Give it a try.

Thanks to Dr. Matthias Thorner for the tip.

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