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I've heard people get blogs via Twitter but I've never understood how. I assume some app I don't use.
Some of the people I follow on Twitter post links to their blog posts. But not always, and I still have to open another window to read them. It's so completely different.
I got used to the redesign, and for me GReader works the same as it always did, since I never got into the social functions (which they killed when they introduced G+).
I use the Reeder client on my Mac and iOS, which uses Google reader as its back-end.
Lifehacker suggests some possible alternatives: [link]
I use Mr Reader as a client? For GReader. So I could see how apps might have contributed to its demise.
I...RSS feed a few blogs to my dreamwidth? But I know Consuela can't get to that at work....
Lifehacker suggests some possible alternatives: [link]
Laughing Squid suggests The Old Reader. They say:
Welcome to The Old Reader, the ultimate social RSS reader. It's just like the old google reader, only better. We're in beta right now, but we're constantly working on improvements and new features.
feedly is looking like a good alternative.
I was just coming over to ask about Google Reader alternatives. I wonder how much, if anything, mobile apps like Flipbook had to do with its demise?
This didn’t take long: Hitler reacts to the Google Reader shutdown. I agree with everything that Hitler says here.
Some people on Twitter are claiming that Twitter killed Google Reader, which I don't really get. It doesn't work the same at ALL.
Twitter did make it much more difficult to follow Twitter accounts via Google Reader, which I used to do, but I still use reader to follow blogs.