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In the 5 years or so since Google Reader's demise I'm yet to come across a decent feed aggregator. I'm currently using Feedly but it sucks compared to GR.

yurymik 10y ago
Try inoreader.com. I think it came closest to what GR was.
lokedhs 10y ago
I've been using Digg Reader. I have never used Digg for anything (is it more than a news aggregator), but the Reader replacement is really good.
cpeterso 10y ago
I use Feedly too, but the lack of other decent feed readers or aggregators suggests that there really isn't a user demand for RSS. OTOH, many sites and news organizations post to Twitter as a rudimentary RSS feed. Google probably could have adapted Reader into the social platform they wanted.
- ghaff 10y ago
  RSS (in the sense of using a reader to track a personally curated set of RSS feeds) is pretty niche these days. One audience is journalists who really do want to discover news from a variety of sources faster than someone else does. Most people are fine though with just using social. If it's noteworthy enough they figure they'll learn about it soon enough. Personally, I do have Feedly configured but I confess I don't use it systematically any longer. I'm still a bit puzzled about Google shooting Reader. Keeping it would have been a tiny effort and it doesn't seem much removed from a mission of selling ads (excuse me, organizing information). But, then, Google has largely walked back/de-emphasized pretty much all their information curation projects other than straight search.
phonon 10y ago
Try bazqux.com
cameldrv 10y ago
You want theoldreader.com. Very similar to GR without the social features.
- kakwa_ 10y ago
  I use it to, it's nice and clear. They nearly collapsed under the load a few years back when Google cut GR, nearly shutting down. But now it's solid, and they seems to have got financial backing. There are few limitations (100 feeds max) with a free account, but for me, it's enough.
MrMember 10y ago
I use NewsBlur. It also isn't as good as GR, but it gets me by.

yurymik 10y ago

Try inoreader.com. I think it came closest to what GR was.

lokedhs 10y ago

I've been using Digg Reader. I have never used Digg for anything (is it more than a news aggregator), but the Reader replacement is really good.

cpeterso 10y ago

I use Feedly too, but the lack of other decent feed readers or aggregators suggests that there really isn't a user demand for RSS. OTOH, many sites and news organizations post to Twitter as a rudimentary RSS feed. Google probably could have adapted Reader into the social platform they wanted.

ghaff 10y ago
RSS (in the sense of using a reader to track a personally curated set of RSS feeds) is pretty niche these days. One audience is journalists who really do want to discover news from a variety of sources faster than someone else does. Most people are fine though with just using social. If it's noteworthy enough they figure they'll learn about it soon enough. Personally, I do have Feedly configured but I confess I don't use it systematically any longer. I'm still a bit puzzled about Google shooting Reader. Keeping it would have been a tiny effort and it doesn't seem much removed from a mission of selling ads (excuse me, organizing information). But, then, Google has largely walked back/de-emphasized pretty much all their information curation projects other than straight search.

phonon 10y ago

Try bazqux.com

cameldrv 10y ago

You want theoldreader.com. Very similar to GR without the social features.

kakwa_ 10y ago
I use it to, it's nice and clear. They nearly collapsed under the load a few years back when Google cut GR, nearly shutting down. But now it's solid, and they seems to have got financial backing. There are few limitations (100 feeds max) with a free account, but for me, it's enough.

MrMember 10y ago

I use NewsBlur. It also isn't as good as GR, but it gets me by.