Re: Google Reader reader? Would you find this service useful?
by AmitinLA on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @11:56AM
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Semi OT: Most of my browsing time is in Reader, and I got initially excited about this post since I thought what this was doing was something similar to Fever (http://feedafever.com/), but maybe more powerful.
What I really am looking for is a way to manage my Reader feeds so that links to similar sources (or similar stories) either get grouped or prioritized based on the number of shares a la Techmeme.
Here's the use case. When Google shut down Wave or when the EFF did their analysis of the Google/Verizon deal I had at least 20 feeds linking to the same story, which I didn't really need. I should be able to exclude my Tier 1 feeds so they don't get caught up in these rules (i.e., if Gruber talks about it I want to see it, no matter what). The rest of these stories get buried in a Folder similar to the Gmail spam folder (or label, more accurately); I don't see their unread count but they're there if I suspect I'm missing something.
Plus maybe a bonus option to exclude any stories based on productivity or 8-bit cupcakes.
What I really am looking for is a way to manage my Reader feeds so that links to similar sources (or similar stories) either get grouped or prioritized based on the number of shares a la Techmeme.
Here's the use case. When Google shut down Wave or when the EFF did their analysis of the Google/Verizon deal I had at least 20 feeds linking to the same story, which I didn't really need. I should be able to exclude my Tier 1 feeds so they don't get caught up in these rules (i.e., if Gruber talks about it I want to see it, no matter what). The rest of these stories get buried in a Folder similar to the Gmail spam folder (or label, more accurately); I don't see their unread count but they're there if I suspect I'm missing something.
Plus maybe a bonus option to exclude any stories based on productivity or 8-bit cupcakes.