Google Reader cutting internal social features, integrating into Google+

Re:Google Reader cutting internal social features, integrati... by mxavier on Thursday October 20, 2011 @03:14PM (#3136405)

I'm sure Google considered this but I hope that by default, my feed subscriptions are shared with nobody in my Google+ circles and that I have to opt those people in. Doing otherwise would be the equivalent of dumping the contents of your browser bookmarks for all your friends to see. There may be some things people subscribe to that they'd prefer others didn't know about.

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Re:Google Reader cutting internal social features, integrati... by lukesandberg on Thursday October 20, 2011 @06:17PM (#3137359)

sharing is already opt in on Google Reader. So you would have to click "share" and then (most likely) select a circle, there will probably be a default circle but it won't just start spamming G+ whenever you read an article

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Re:Google Reader cutting internal social features, integrati... by omellet on Thursday October 20, 2011 @08:07PM (#3137717)

I realize that. The problem is that they block things by URL in whatever web proxy they use, and if content for Google Reader is coming from a blocked url, it's not going to work for me anymore.

It works both ways; I can actually send mail from my Gmail account via Google Reader, even though they block Gmail. I can't read it, of course, but it's a bit of a hole in their security plan.

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Re:Google Reader cutting internal social features, integrati... by lukesandberg on Friday October 21, 2011 @08:09AM (#3139388)

Who is they? are you worried about not being able to access reader anymore because access to G+ may be blocked? That is interesting. Do you have trouble with the new share box on google search because it is a G+ product? Where are you from?

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