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Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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post #4

It's been basically my primary portal to the internet since it came out. Other than HN and reddit, which don't really produce super useful feeds, I don't really browse any sites directly anymore. I have always been looking for the next big thing to replace it, since there hasn't been a tremendous amount of effort put into it lately, but nothing has compared. The feature that I have been sort of daydreaming about is t…

That would be a very interesting feature. My Reader search results are by far more useful than google.com results.

I'm also waiting for post to G+ from reader.

Read Later would also be very useful.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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post #4

It's been basically my primary portal to the internet since it came out. Other than HN and reddit, which don't really produce super useful feeds, I don't really browse any sites directly anymore. I have always been looking for the next big thing to replace it, since there hasn't been a tremendous amount of effort put into it lately, but nothing has compared. The feature that I have been sort of daydreaming about is t…

That would be a very interesting feature. My Reader search results are by far more useful than google.com results. I'm also waiting for post to G+ from reader. Read Later would also be very useful.

Yeah, I'd settle for a high quality search within reader itself, realizing that integration into the main search might be impossible.

I find it really confusing that the "Share" link in Reader still goes to Buzz, which is sort of associated with my G+ profile but not quite, in that it doesn't seem that people who are in my circles are necessarily able to see them.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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post #9
post #4

It's been basically my primary portal to the internet since it came out. Other than HN and reddit, which don't really produce super useful feeds, I don't really browse any sites directly anymore. I have always been looking for the next big thing to replace it, since there hasn't been a tremendous amount of effort put into it lately, but nothing has compared. The feature that I have been sort of daydreaming about is t…

You may prefer a modified reddit feed [1] where the article URL is the main RSS item URL, which makes the RSS feed much more useful. [1] http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=bnYqwjiA3RGJxTckBR...

Thanks, that does look useful. It might be a good way to follow some low traffic subreddits without subscribing to them.

My main beef, however, is less with the content of the feed per se and more with the fact that they are in a fixed order, so you lose the curation aspect of voting.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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post #5

Why? Is this market research for a new reader, or is this tool next on the Google chopping block and your looking for demographics.

I was just curious. I'm addicted, and I wanted to see if other people felt the same way.

When they dropped Reader from the global nav. I was very upset, but was glad to see there was enough of a ruckus to get it put back.

I don't know that I would pay to keep Google from axing it, but I would consider it, and thats saying something.

Re: Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?

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post #6

Yes, one of the main advantages is having all the historical posts there, since RSS is used only for latest posts. Another feature is automatic translation, I follow a blog from Ukraine there.

In my experience Reader doesn't store all historic posts. Posts older then a month or two start disappearing.
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