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You are 900% correct. Having worked directly in the feed reader space, and trying to make money at it, and I can testify that the segment of online audience who
by snorkel 13y ago
You are 900% correct. Having worked directly in the feed reader space, and trying to make money at it, and I can testify that the segment of online audience who even know what a feed is are a small club of tech news junkies and assorted wonks who all seem to know each other. They are a passionate crowd, but many companies have tried and failed at bringing that passion for feed reading to the mainstream, probably because most people don't read tech blogs all day long.
- darylfritz 13y agoI feel the problem was more in the lack of curation and innovation of feed-delivery. FlipBoard seems to be successful without appearing to be a feed-reader on the surface. Google just missed the opportunity to make the feed reader more appealing to the average user.