Gmail to Add Twitter-Like Clutter

      by Wyatt Walter

While I can’t say that I’m surprised, I’m a bit frustrated and disappointed in Google over the recent news that they are adding a Twitter-like clutter status to the Gmail interface. While I appreciate fancy new tools built into apps I already use as much as the next geek, I really, really don’t need yet another social networking tool to update, integrate, and look at. Seriously, it’s not new content. Does anyone really put unique content on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and every other social networking site they belong to? I certainly don’t and don’t know anyone who does. My accounts are all inter-twined and I’m tired of having to filter out the duplicate data on those sites. Adding yet another list of the same things from my friends is just clutter in a used-to-be clean interface.

UPDATE:

According to a Slashdot article today, the problem looks like it may be much worse. According to the article, Gmail will be adding Facebook-like photo albums and comment feeds. Fortunately, the Gmail social networking tools are opt-in, so perhaps I won’t have to see the clutter when I don’t want to? We’ll see.

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