Google Reader could have been the better Google+. But nobody saw the potential. 99% of the "public" discusses matters (hello social networks!) over the news and

Google Reader could have been the better Google+. But nobody saw the potential. 99% of the "public" discusses matters (hello social networks!) over the news and informational items. And what is/was better than RSS? Nothing else really. Now you have walled gardens and people behind cages.