[cmelbye]

What's with companies trying to be something that they're not these days? Facebook changed user's privacy settings so they could be more like Twitter, but why? Facebook does/did sharing photos, updates, and news with family and friends very well, and I can't understand why they're trying to go against that original goal of "closeness". I see the same thing happening here. I can't really see how tacking a status update feature onto Gmail will help Google in the social space.