One of the biggest complaints I have is that there is no way to group the people you are following, or see at a glance what is the latest posts. I’m sure this will get handled in the upcoming months, but in the mean time here is a small work around.
First off, I really like what Google is doing with this, not so much that it is better than FaceBook, FriendFeed or Twitter, but because they are using open standards. But on with the tip.
Once you start following a significant number of people with buzz you may find it hard to follow an individual person or group of people. Of course one way to handle this is to have a separate Gmail account for family, work, friends, etc. Not very workable for most. I started playing around with this using labels and filters and its fairly simple to configure. The real benefit for me is that it keeps my inbox clean, and I can check groups of people and the posts are listed by date posted.
The first step in this process is to create a filter to have all ‘Buzzes’ bypass the ‘Inbox’
1. Go to your GMail settings and Labels and create a new label. I have created 2; ‘Buzz Archives’ and ‘Buzz Me’
2. Next, Create the Filter.
2a. In the box ‘Has the words’ put: Label:Buzz and click Next. You will get a pop-up about the use of the word ‘label’, just click past it.
2b. Click the ‘Skip Inbox’ box, and check the ‘Apply Filter’ box, being sure to select the filter you just created.
Important! Be sure to select the box at the bottom: ‘Also apply filter to xxx current conversations’
Now click ‘Apply’
Now when you get new Buzzes they should bypass your inbox and have the filter applied so you can see all of your buzzes in your new filter or folder.
We are not down yet though. As you may have noticed this will also put your outgoing or Buzzes from ‘Me’ or you in this as well. This is the reason for the ‘Buzz-Me’ Filter. This will allow you to separate your buzzes from your followers.
1. Create a new filter just like the one above with the following difference.
1a. Add ‘Me’ to From and ‘label:buzz’ to ‘Contains Words’ fields. Hit Next.
1b. Check the ‘Skip Inbox’, ‘Mark As Read’, and ‘Apply Filter’ being sure to assign a new label and including current conversations.
That does it. Now your buzzes should be in a separate filter, your followers in a different filter and no buzzes in your inbox. Plus your follower buzzes are now sortable by date.
Once you have your filters working to your satisfaction you can take this one step further by setting up a filter for just certain followers, such as a filter for family, work etc.
Of course doing this in an email client such as ThunderBird or Outlook is much easier.
- Happy Buzzing
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