Google Buzz - Really Google? Really?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Just shut it off then.

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

How?

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Are you on it already? If not, don't opt in. You can also make your updates private.

I agree that it should be an opt-in rather than opt-out though.

To answer the question, there is an itty-bitty link at the very bottom of gmail to "turn off buzz".

That's the only option. As I said, there is no way to make your updates private. If you uncheck the "make my full name searchable" box and then try to post something, it forces you to update your profile to make your full name searchable before you can post anything to buzz again. There is no way to make it private.