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> OK, you want to push Google+? Isn't google+ supposed to be a platform (and not simply an application). Let google reader be an application on top of the Googl
by ilikepi 4y ago
> OK, you want to push Google+? Isn't google+ supposed to be a platform (and not simply an application). Let google reader be an application on top of the Google+ platform.
They actually did start to integrate them. Google Reader had native sharing functionality for several years. Then in 2011 they suddenly removed it and replaced[1] it with sharing through Google+. My small network of Reader-using friends were split over wanting to join Google+, so that mostly killed our practice of regularly sharing links with each other.
[1]: https://googlereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-in-reader-fresh-design-and-google.html https://googlereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-in-reader-fres...
- dontlaugh 4y agoThat's what killed Reader sharing & comments, yes. They should have done the opposite, growing Google+ out of Reader: keep the Reader sharing, but also automatically share to Google+.
- compsciphd 4y agosort of "Integrating with Google+ also helps us streamline Reader overall. So starting today we'll be turning off friending, following, shared items and comments in favor of similar Google+ functionality." i.e. reader could be used to add content to google+ but not to use google+ I could share a link on google+ but couldn't see any of the interactions unless I went to google+. If google+ was meant to be a platform, I should have been able to see the comments or other peoples shared items from within the google reader app. It should just have been one way to interact with google+ amongst many.