We’re very early in this space. This was one of our first big attempts. We’ve been testing Buzz internally at Google for a while. Of course, getting feedback from 20,000 Googlers isn’t quite the same as letting Gmail users play with Buzz in the wild. If it becomes clear that people don’t think we’ve done enough, we’ll make more changes.

That’s what Todd Jackson, Buzz product manager, told BBC News. And now the downside of Google’s “test on the public” mentality. They should have at least labeled it a beta.