Linked by Eugenia Loli on Thu 15th Oct 2009 20:18 UTC
"There are countless pundits and other tech gurus describing Google Wave as a disappointment, lately. Most of that seems to come from the fact that nobody seems to get what Wave is for. So they compare it to social media. Is Wave the next Twitter? Nope. Is it the next Facebook? Nope. Is it going to replace Instant Messengers? Possibly, in some circumstances, but not any time soon." Read more here.
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2006-01-04
Then just wait for a dumbed down web interface (from someone else). It is still pre-alpha and still needs more simple features (like removing people from a wave or deleting waves etc.)
The benefits the linked article mentions will still stand. Wave is a protocol and not just the current Google implementation.
You have to judge Wave by its potential not by its current state.