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Why is it a shitty play? A shitty play would have been inventing a new proprietary protocol for this and tying it into Google tech somehow. And "follow" is not
by scrollaway 5y ago
Why is it a shitty play? A shitty play would have been inventing a new proprietary protocol for this and tying it into Google tech somehow.
And "follow" is not a "social media buzz word". "Follow" and "Subscribe" have been used for fucking ever in the RSS world, long before Facebook was a thing.
- hobs 5y agobecause people still just want google reader and this aint it
- pjerem 5y agoHmm, as someone who suffered the Google reader ending, no. Now there are tons of better alternatives to Google Reader, without the tracking, great mobile apps… I would never go back to Google Reader, even if it resurrected tomorrow.
- adrianmonk 5y agoAlso, people have been following particular stories in the news and subscribing to magazines since before the internet or for that matter computers.