‘Why We Mourn Google Reader – And Why It Matters’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Why We Mourn Google Reader – And Why It Matters”.
John Paul Titlow says, “Websites get shut down all the time. Sometimes, nobody notices. Other times, what remains of the service’s community lets out one last collective cry of disapproval and then moves on with their collective lives. Last night, a certain segment of the Web’s population went into a hysterical fit of rage as Google announced it was shuttering Reader, its eight-year old RSS feed reading service.
I have to admit, I was pretty upset as well, even though I knew this day was coming since Google started lopping off the otherwise-neglected Reader’s most-useful functionality in 2011. Like a lot of people, I use Google Reader constantly. It helps me do my job in a way that no purported alternative has managed to”.
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