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Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by thrill on Friday October 20, 2017 @09:52AM (#15515735)
It's still a sore spot. It was like a knife in the ribs. A really long knife. Serrated. And floppy. Spinning, too. Laced with Carolina Reaper sauce.
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by thedaemon on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:02AM (#15515816)
With the death of Google Reader, I completely stopped reading feeds. It killed a part of the internet for me.
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by emorning2 on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:45AM (#15516653)
NewsBlur is closest replacement I could find, been using it since Reader died. I like it.
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by arsham on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @05:24AM (#15591894)
I'm using inoreader.com, it's really good.
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by gorbachev on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:36AM (#15516575)
Feedly is better than Google Reader ever was these days. The team there is also super responsive to issues.
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by BrandoElFollito on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:09AM (#15548110)
I agree that Feedly is great (using it right now to reply).

The support is however abysmal. I tried to raise two bugs for a year but nobody cared to reply. They are at par with JetBrains.

In contrast, I did not have any hopes with Chrome but it ended up being worked upon.

Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by ldiracdelta on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:30AM (#15516524)
I found https://goread.io/ as my replacement. Doesn't have the intelligence to spotlight articles, but it does pretty well.
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by SirZimzim on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:36AM (#15516579)
Same here, I've tried feedly and a variety of local clients but it just didn't have the same charm. Now I just pop open HN, my automatic Google Now feed, and reddit occasionally.
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by wybiral on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:09AM (#15515884)
Social networks came in with their own version of what a "feed" is and then Push started to rise.

So the old model of on-request feeds was probably on the downfall anyway.

Re:Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus? by ortusdux on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:18AM (#15515948)
I still have the Reader bookmark next to Gmail's. Once or twice a year I click it accidentally and get angry all over again. It serves as a reminder to not put all my eggs in one basket.