Reader used to be a fantastic way to share great content with your friends. When the sharing was replaced with +1 it indicated the Google wanted the sharing to

Reader used to be a fantastic way to share great content with your friends. When the sharing was replaced with +1 it indicated the Google wanted the sharing to happen on Google+ [1]. Which means content creators have to get on G+ to syndicate, despite every CMS having RSS output already. [1] http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/chris-wetherll-google-reader/ http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/chris-wetherll-google-reader/