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Comment by vineet | Hacker News Reader

I wonder what Google thinks of this - strategically. This should worry them a little.

Maybe they need to create a 'Google Reader' :)

[edit: fixed typo]

Since we're talking about content distribution networks, someone please tell me Google pulled the reader down because they were secretly working on a much better version of it (NOT G+) and will release it soon, and the world will be wowed. It will be compared to the original iPhone launch.

This is their response: https://www.ampproject.org/

Seriously, the death of Google Reader drove me straight into the arms of Facebook.

Pardon my ignorance (I don't have a facebook account), but how does facebook even remotely do the same function as google reader? Can you put in rss feeds to your front page on FB?

> how does facebook even remotely do the same function as google reader?

The problem which Google Reader solves is "show me some stories from a variety of sites which interest me." Facebook also solves this, admittedly in a rather different way, but it's still the same job to be done.

> Can you put in rss feeds to your front page on FB?

No. But that didn't keep me from replacing Google Reader with increase Facebook use.

Actually it does something kinda sorta similar with Facebook Pages and Groups. Especially now that lots of people write directly on their Pages instead of in a blog. You can "like" the page which is similar to following RSS. Admittedly, this is a lot different, as Facebook decides what you see. You are not guaranteed to see all the postings and you can't "save them for later".

But it seems to work, at least for the bigger part of the population.

> You are not guaranteed to see all the postings and you can't "save them for later".

Actually, Facebook does have a "save post" feature.

> But it seems to work, at least for the bigger part of the population.

Yup, it's a pretty suitable news/reader replacement.

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