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Consuela - Mar 13, 2013 3:15:31 pm PDT #22171 of 25497
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

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+).


Tom Scola - Mar 13, 2013 3:26:41 pm PDT #22172 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I use the Reeder client on my Mac and iOS, which uses Google reader as its back-end.


flea - Mar 13, 2013 3:43:56 pm PDT #22173 of 25497
information libertarian

Lifehacker suggests some possible alternatives: [link]


bon bon - Mar 13, 2013 4:04:30 pm PDT #22174 of 25497
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I use Mr Reader as a client? For GReader. So I could see how apps might have contributed to its demise.


meara - Mar 13, 2013 4:15:42 pm PDT #22175 of 25497

I...RSS feed a few blogs to my dreamwidth? But I know Consuela can't get to that at work....


tommyrot - Mar 13, 2013 5:28:23 pm PDT #22176 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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.


le nubian - Mar 13, 2013 10:18:59 pm PDT #22177 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

feedly is looking like a good alternative.


Calli - Mar 14, 2013 1:34:25 am PDT #22178 of 25497
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

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?


Tom Scola - Mar 14, 2013 2:10:11 am PDT #22179 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

This didn’t take long: Hitler reacts to the Google Reader shutdown. I agree with everything that Hitler says here.


sj - Mar 14, 2013 2:49:28 am PDT #22180 of 25497
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

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.