Google Reader's Social Features Merging With Google+ 100
MrSeb writes "Moments ago, Google announced that Reader, as soon as next week, will be moving closer to Google+. Many of its social features (friending, following, sharing) are being buried in favor of Google+ equivalents. Fortunately, Reader has always had the ability to export your RSS subscriptions and feed groups in the widely-accepted OPML format, and over the next few days this will be expanded to include your shared items, friends, likes, and starred items as well."
Update: 10/21 01:15 GMT by S : Updated headline and summary to reflect that Reader will be sticking around as a standalone product. According to Google, only its social features are being merged.
Re:ummm... (Score:2, Interesting)
Well for me its all bad.
For one, i refuse to get a Google+ account, so if I'm forced to do this, I wont use reader anymore.
Second, my job blocks all social networking sites. Even if I wanted to make a concession in the sake of Reader, I wont be able to use it at work since it will be blocked. This also means every single employee of my company (huge international company) wont be using Reader during work hours anymore.
Guess it's time for me to find RSS software that can cross-platform sync via Dropbox. Heck, I may find a new hobby writing one myself.