I don’t really consider or use Google Reader as “social” product like Facebook, Twitter or Google (hence the quotes). I don’t comment much on feeds, or friend and follow dozens of users. But I do enjoy reading the shares from a select group of heavy-duty RSS consumers who are consistently sharing interesting items. When I’m behind on the day’s news, all I have to do is read TechCrunch, TechMeme and this carefully constructed “human curated” list of shares. It is, and will be up until the day it disappears, one of the most regular and enjoyable news consumption behaviors I engage in every day.
I don’t know how to add friends to Google Reader, or how I ended up with the friends I have on there, but it’s perfect and Google is going to ruin it by folding it into Google+.
(Source: TechCrunch)
