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No, it's too noisy, I don't know where to look

 
when I look at my Google Wave page I see dozens of people all typing to me in real time. I don’t know where to look and keeping up with this real time noise is less like email, which is like tennis (hit one ball at a time) and more like dodging a machine gun of tennis balls. Much more mentally challenging. - Robert Scoble source: http://scobleizer.com/2009/10/01/google-wave-crashes-on-beach-of-overhype/

It is noisy, but the noise often happens way down in a wave deep in your inbox.This is far far worse than email. (New email always shows up at the top of my inbox, where Google Wave can bring me new stuff deep down at the bottom of my inbox). - Robert Scoble source: http://scobleizer.com/2009/10/01/google-wave-crashes-on-beach-of-overhype/