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Spam Hits Google Buzz Already
ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Despite only being launched this week, spammers are already targeting Google Buzz, the search engine's social network." If my buzz box is any indicator, the spammers are pretty much the only people actually using Buzz, and until Facebook can integrate, I wonder if that will change. The Times also has a followup on Google's Apologies following various privacy bumbles throughout the launch of Buzz.
If there's anything I've learned over the years watching technology, it's that if everyone is suddenly climbing aboard a certain technology, it's time to find the next big thing.
Social computing may be really hot right now, but I'm wondering what the next big thing is going to be. First we had personal websites, then we moved to blogs, then to social computing and tweeting. What's next? What are you working on or with that is the next step in technological evolution?
I'm working on a new technology (script based) where people log into a news site and post completely offtopic and unrelated comments drawn from a bag of on-the-surface-interesting-but-truly-vapid comments.
How does any of that refute the initial assertion, that most of the "buzz" about Buzz is the result of spammers?
Gmail is a notorious harbor for forum spam e-mail accounts (used to receive the "click this link to complete your registration" e-mails from forums), meaning the spammers already have countless registered accounts on Gmail. It would seem trivial to update the spambots to use those accounts for the purpose of spamming other folks on Buzz.