Of course! This seems to be the most recommended substitute, my question is why? Is it really that much better than the rest?
More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
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Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
#72I believe most users are currently in a "searching" phase, and have joined more than one alternative, so this sudden growth might be misleadding. That said, for now, Feedly is my favorite alternative, so good luck.
"Misleading" in the sense that only a fraction of those may become loyal Feedly users, sure. But it seems like a pretty good estimate of the number of active and aggrieved Google Reader users out there.
A good lower limit. Not everyone has the time or inclination to take immediate action. I'm a heavy user of Google Reader and I haven't yet taken an action. I probably won't for at least a few weeks.
What is baffling is that Google can't or won't monetize a product with that many users.
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
#73If 500k users switched in 48h, 3 months before the shut down, how many users the Reader actually has? It seems it must be a lot.
Do you think all of the 500k were actual Google Reader users? It's possible a portion are jumping on the hivemind's bandwagon. Not discrediting the cause, just saying that some people like to join causes for the sake of joining causes.
I think the "Google Reader users" claim is because they know how many new users imported their data from Google Reader.
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
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Also it adds a button to the bottom right of every web page. I immediately uninstalled when I learned this. Newsblur has no such shenanigans and is developed by a HNer.
Was very excited to try Newsblur. It's not free, for those wondering, and free accounts are temporarily suspended. Oh well. Time to move on.
Free accounts are only sort-of suspended. Once you’re registered, you can get back in without going straight to the payment page.
See https://getsatisfaction.com/newsblur/topics/free_accountis_n..., for example.
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
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If you rely on Google Reader for your daily workflow, figuring out which service or application is a suitable alternative after Reader closes is too late. Unless you're hoping for a 180 from Google, which there's no evidence to support right now, waiting just cuts the amount of time you can use to test the alternatives while still having access to Google Reader as a fallback.
One good reason is that the RSS reader landscape is going to change drastically in the coming months as other developers jump to fill the hole left by Reader. The app you end up using may not even exist yet. Sure, the cost of switching is low, but it still seems like a waste of time to start searching now when so much will change in the next 3 months.
Trying things out might teach you the sort of things you do and don't like in a reader. If all you've ever used is Google Reader then you might discover new preferences by being exposed to other solutions.
You still have to switch soon, so you might as well put in a little extra time. At least, that's my thinking on it right now.
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
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> or use something self-hosted Take a look at: http://www.feedafever.com Just installed it. Works just like Google Reader, with a few bonus features. I don't have to worry about being shut down anymore.
Until your favorite blogs realize that RSS is just a money sink and shut down their feeds, which is exactly what Google is subtly prophesying and no one seems to get.
> RSS is just a money sink
You guys are missing the most obvious point and the big boys have already figured it out. Subscribe to Engadget, Gizmodo, etc.
What you'll get is an excerpt of the story with a "click this link to read the rest".
After I click, I'm on their site. I want to read/post comments? I'm on their site.
RSS is free advertising for content providers and a way to get more eyeballs. Google is foolish for putting all of their eggs in the social basket.
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
#77So, nobody was using Google Reader anyway, declining numbers and so on, eh?
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
#78I believe most users are currently in a "searching" phase, and have joined more than one alternative, so this sudden growth might be misleadding. That said, for now, Feedly is my favorite alternative, so good luck.
It's interesting to see how different people's opinions can be. Feedly, for me, was a headache wrapped in CSS. The whole thing actually made me ridiculously angry (yes, really, and I'm normally a veeery calm guy)... so for me the search continues. I'm glad it's not quite as difficult for other people to find a suitable replacement. :)
I've tried both feedly and news blur at this point and don't see myself using either going forward. While both can count me as a user right now feedly doesn't provide a method to delete your profile without emailing them and I haven't bothered to see if newsblur does. I doubt their active user count will be nearly as large.
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
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"Misleading" in the sense that only a fraction of those may become loyal Feedly users, sure. But it seems like a pretty good estimate of the number of active and aggrieved Google Reader users out there.
A good lower limit. Not everyone has the time or inclination to take immediate action. I'm a heavy user of Google Reader and I haven't yet taken an action. I probably won't for at least a few weeks. What is baffling is that Google can't or won't monetize a product with that many users.
Agreed. I'm a big Google Reader user, and will inevitably be trying out Feedly, but just haven't had the chance yet.
Judging by the amount of people I've spoken too over the last few days, there's a whole lot more than 500,000 of us. I'd love to see how many people Google considers not worth their time. I'd happily pay for Reader.
Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
#80Add to Chrome: - Access your data on all websites - Access your tabs and browsing activity Yeah, right. I'm an idiot?
Also it adds a button to the bottom right of every web page. I immediately uninstalled when I learned this. Newsblur has no such shenanigans and is developed by a HNer.
Too bad Newsblur is pretty badly designed. I mean, there's a lot of bling, but it's completely confusing and sometimes ugly. Magic icons everywhere, wierd fonts -- two different dropdowns on each entry for god's sake. It looks like it was designed by someone who used their IDE as a template for the UI.
As an example of far too clever UI: Just try and change your password -- it's bizarre that it has no confirmation at all (I have no idea what my password is now). Not something I want to rely on, or deal with, or pay for.
Not that this isn't unexpected... web devs have always been very attached to their bling. That Feedly requires a plugin is... very odd. I don't expect it to last (either the plugin or feedly itself.. choose one), but maybe people are more credulous than I give them credit for.
Newsblur needs to simplify, simplify, simplify... but I suspect it's too late for that.
I'm switching to an rss to email digest script (modified rss2email). It's probably less bling than I want, but at least that minimizes the unnecessary crap, and works on mobile. It also has the benefit of limiting my tendency to refresh the feed lists every hour looking for procrastination sources. :-)