Google Reader's Social Features Merging With Google+

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 20, 2011 @12:27PM from the we-fear-change dept.

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.

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Re:Wrong summary by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-20 13:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Jeez, that's the third or fourth inflammatory, misleading, or outright WRONG title/summary since yesterday. I'm seriously thinking of deleting Slashdot from my live bookmarks.
Re:Non-social uses not affected by Pausanias · 2011-10-20 13:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

WTF is up with slashdot. Usually the stories border on sensational, but lately the fraction of blatant lies masquarading as stories has skyrocket. Cmdrtaco, where art thou?
Re:Non-social uses not affected by spyrochaete · 2011-10-20 13:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Thanks so much for pointing this out. This is the last straw for me. After reading /. for almost a decade I'm sick and tired of all the false news and amateurish errors. I could read supermarket tabloids and get as much tech news as I do here.
Bye /.