Five Reasons to Be Terrified of Google Wave

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Five second summary: OMFG a new protocol / communication pattern has potential downsides.

I'm sure you're all shocked.

Yea, this is classic linkbait sensationalism: Top n list, FUD, overgeneralization and exaggeration.

It is times like these I wish I had enough points to down-vote link bait.

Too bad this was killed. It said exactly what I was thinking about Google Wave.

Sounds terrible to me, but then again I am pretty anti-social.

"With live transmission as you talk, participants on a telephone can have faster conversations, and interact in real-time." That's what Bell says. Am I the only one who writes a telegram, then revises it for tone and clarity? Now other people can hear what I'm thinking as I try out sentences aloud?

That's probably the most blatant example of FUD in internet history. Jumping to conclusions while remaining blissfully ignorant to the actual implementation.

Until we get access to the sandbox, you should draw your own conclusions by watching the keynote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ

#6: you just invested all your spare capital in Facebook.

i'm more than confident that these anti-wave stories are pissed off existing social networks operators/investors.

"Terrified" is a strong word, especially if you're not even going to mention privacy concerns about such an all-encompassing protocol with a centralized server.

We have FUD winners for today: Techcrunch, gigaom and fastcompany.

It is like somebody interested in seeing google fail has just spent thousands of dollars spreading bad publicity about Wave.

Who can it be now?

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