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Absolutely. I'm actually kind of surprised at how relatively inept Google is in the social networking field. They have Orkut, but it's pretty much a flop in the US. I mention it in another comment, but they have pretty much the perfect platform in Wave for building a serious distributed social network, but instead bill it as being a glorified email replacement. And Buzz? Is it even worth talking about?



Mix wave, buzz and blogger, with a HUGE touch of visuals and they may have a winner.

Google sucks at visuals, twitter looks fresh and trendy, buzz looks like shit.

They have the technology and the money, what they need is Apple-like designers.


Me too, but I'm starting to wonder if they're holding off because they don't want to be the subject of antitrust complaints.


Might as well give all those high paid lawyers something to do.




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