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"...killing Reader to make Plus a success..." What? Do people really think that was why they killed reader? I strongly doubt that there was much overlap betwee
by mattlondon 4y ago
"...killing Reader to make Plus a success..." What? Do people really think that was why they killed reader?
I strongly doubt that there was much overlap between reader users and the intended audience for Google+. It's not like your average social media user has ever even heard of RSS yet alone use it for anything. Can you imagine anyone on tiktok using RSS instead? Of course not.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoSocial media is very wide term, and arguably RSS is itself social media. There was in fact an overlap between reader users and the intended audience for Google+, lots of bloggers were invited and joined Google+ when it was invite only. I can definitely imagine people using RSS feeds for short portrait mode videos, just as people use RSS feeds for podcasts. Just as we have podcast players to consume this kind of RSS feed, we might have tiktok like apps to consume another kind of RSS feed.
- thrown_22 4y agoInternet users in 2012 are not the internet users of 2022. 10 years of devolution have made anything harder than "swipe up for more" impossible for the majority to use. It wasn't always the case.