A bunch of folks in this thread have asked about an alternative that is better than Google Reader. I created NewsBlur, http://www.newsblur.com http://www.newsb

A bunch of folks in this thread have asked about an alternative that is better than Google Reader. I created NewsBlur, http://www.newsblur.com http://www.newsblur.com, which is an intelligent feed reader. It shows you the original site (which is why I never liked using RSS in the first place, but once you read enough sites, you have little choice but to switch to a reader). It also has an intelligence trainer that allows you to explicitly hide and highlight stories that you like or dislike. It imports directly from Google Reader. It's just a project, but if people like it well enough, I could be persuaded to add some more advanced features (metrics on your subscriptions, advanced AI, etc) for a monthly/yearly cost. I'm afraid to put a Paypal/Amazon Checkout button on there, because that means NewsBlur is held to a much more difficult/higher standard. But anyways, please, offer feedback and let me know if you think this is a good alternative. I worked very hard on NewsBlur, and so I make it all open-source (everything from the feed fetcher, the reader interface, and the coming iPhone app) on GitHub, so that other developers could benefit from all the tricks and knowledge I acquired while creating this multi-faceted project: http://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur/ http://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur/.