The social networking scene is all a twitter about Google Buzz. It’s introduction has been a class #fail…it was forced on users with much automation turned on – automatic following, automatic public exposure of followers list, annoying buzz messages appearing in your gmail inbox…

There’s a few things I really like about Buzz. Unlike Facebook, which aims to be a one stop shopping for your status updates, messages, photos, etc., Buzz seems to integrate better with other services, including non-Google ones. I particularly like the Google Reader integration, which makes it easy to share links with followers.

Despite steps to correct privacy faux pas, Google’s Buzz introduction is still somewhat of a mess. It’s hard to find settings (why isn’t there a Buzz settings link when you have it loaded…or at least a Buzz tab in Gmail settings). The Google Profile is hard to find (click on the More link at the top of the page…do you see Profile listed?) and generally a visual disaster.

In my small circle of Buzzers, the level of activity has dropped to a trickle.

I still think that Buzz has a place in this world, but Google needs to really improve the interface to access their various modules…true integration could make this a much more powerful platform.