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Many did, but: 1. The retirement of Google Reader sort of signaled the death knell for RSS. No, every RSS feed didn't shut down immediately. Yes, there are sti
by JohnBooty 4y ago
Many did, but:
1. The retirement of Google Reader sort of signaled the death knell for RSS. No, every RSS feed didn't shut down immediately. Yes, there are still zillions of RSS feeds live today in 2023. But it was a sign that any RSS feed you cared about wasn't likely to be around forever.
2. Many did switch, but Google Reader had some basic (but nice) social features. I think about 99% of my friends never made the switch to something else. So I miss seeing what my friends starred.
- rtpg 4y agoThe second point is so big. Almost all alternatives was not "just" an RSS reader but had some weird crufty garbage over it. The RSS feeds never went away (of course some blogs got quieter over time), but other feed readers that were online were way too much oriented around the social web. Serious RSS readers were available as desktop clients, but that comes with its own sort of clunkiness.