They did slowly integrate some parts of Reader into Google+ and it was met with resistance. Google+ Sparks was a kind of RSS/StumbleUpon thing. Flopped. Reade

They did slowly integrate some parts of Reader into Google+ and it was met with resistance. Google+ Sparks was a kind of RSS/StumbleUpon thing. Flopped. Reader sharing became sharing into Google+. Many in the Reader crew defiantly cried out against it and said they wouldn't share things if they had to use Google+ to do it. It wouldn't have been all roses no matter how you cut it. I think people are in the bargaining phase of dealing with their post-Reader era grief.