Buzz Tips From Google

After Launched of Buzz Google scrambled to implement updates (twice) to deal with serious privacy bugs. Now that the dust has settled they are out with a short list of tips to improve your use and experience.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/5-buzz-tips.html

"1. Format your posts. When posting in Buzz, you can format text just as you can in Gmail chat: *bold*, _italics_, or -strikethrough- all work.
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2. View a summary of your own Buzz activity at www.google.com/dashboard.
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3. Use an @reply to send a post directly to someone's inbox. If you want to make sure one of your friends sees a certain Buzz post, you can direct it to their inbox with an @reply. Type the "@" symbol followed by the first few letters of their name, and select their email address from the list.
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4. Try keyboard shortcuts to fly through buzz. Turn on keyboard shortcuts from Settings
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5. Mute posts so they don't get sent to your inbox. Comments on your posts and comments after your comments send buzz directly to your inbox. If you don't want a lively conversation to keep appearing in your inbox as people reply to it, you can mute it. Click the arrow in the corner of a buzz post and select "Mute this post.""