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The Google Reader one is so baffling and love to hear the real story at some point.
by jacksmith21006 8y ago
The Google Reader one is so baffling and love to hear the real story at some point.
- ebikelaw 8y agoBoring story. Vic Gundotra, the clueless jackass from Microsoft that Google made SVP for Social did not think RSS fit into his idiotic vision so he shut it off.
- Eridrus 8y agoGoogle Reader was a product in decline with low usage numbers and revenue, and it really wasn't aligned with the way the world/web was headed, this made it hard to retain engineers on the project since it was a career dead end. We all have a soft spot in our hearts for Reader, but the world has largely moved on to algorithmic feeds, because that's what most users want. Most users are intimidated by the fact that you have to find people to follow on Twitter, let alone find RSS feeds.