Slashdot Asks: How Will You Replace Google Reader?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @02:45AM from the bifocals-espresso-and-page-ruffling-servants dept.

Despite a hue and cry from disappointed users, Google has not made any moves to reverse its decision to close down Google Reader on the first of July, just a few weeks away. Despite the name — and the functions it started out with in 2001 — Reader has become more than a simple interface to RSS feeds; Wikipedia gives a concise explanation of how it evolved from just a few features to a full-blown platform of its own, incorporating social-sharing features of the kind that have become expected in many online apps. Those features have morphed over the years along with Google's larger social strategies, along the way upsetting some readers who'd grown used to certain features. If you're a Google Reader user, will you be replacing it with another aggregator?

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Self-hosted TinyTinyRSS by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-11 02:56 · Score: 5, Interesting

I'll go for a self-hosted tinytinyRSS: http://tt-rss.org/
Never cared much for all the social features, I like keeping up with websites and being absolutely sure I haven't missed anything.
I'm not sure why I sign into google anymore. No need for reader. Youtube favs I suppose.
Re:I've been trying feedly by Geeky · 2013-06-11 03:00 · Score: 5, Interesting

The thing that put me off feedly was the requirement for a browser extension. Why on earth would you need a browser extension for what ought to be a simple website?

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