{"id":22114,"date":"2014-07-03T00:55:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T22:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=22114"},"modified":"2014-07-03T00:55:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T22:55:13","slug":"a-year-without-google-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/03\/a-year-without-google-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"A year without Google Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mashable<\/a> reminds us that it’s been a year since Google Reader has been decommissioned<\/a>. \u00a0They are also doing a survey to find out if people use more of RSS feeds now or less, what they’ve substituted it with and which tools people are using now to follow their favorite feeds.<\/p>\n

I’ve completed the survey, but without any visible results just yet, I thought I’d talk about my situation here. \u00a0In the last year my use of RSS has decreased significantly. \u00a0 Even though the actual number of the feeds I am subscribed to has increased, I read them less. \u00a0I share less. \u00a0I bookmark and blog about less. \u00a0And it’ nothing but the tool’s fault. \u00a0Even though Feedly<\/a> is an excellent tool – fast, flexible, with mobile support, and aesthetically pleasing, it simply is not Google Reader, which I was practically embed into. \u00a0I’ve looked around for Google Reader alternatives<\/a>, I tried a few. \u00a0Feedly is the best of the bunch<\/a> for my taste, but it’s different.<\/p>\n

So, with that in mind, what happened to all that free time that I used to spend in Google Reader? \u00a0Sadly, I have to admit that I’m much more on Facebook now. \u00a0Quality-wise, that’s a huge drop. \u00a0Instead of following my favorite writers, keeping in touch with all kinds of technology advances, and learning new things, I am now participating in flaming comment wars about nothing, and watching videos of cute kittens and bouncing boobs. \u00a0Cheap entertainment swallowed me and spat me out. \u00a0It’s exactly like never switching a television set was in the last century. \u00a0And it’s a pity.<\/p>\n

And the saddest part is that I knew it would happen. \u00a0And if I knew, Google definitely knew that too. \u00a0And they killed Google Reader anyway. \u00a0And it’ll be a long time until I let it go…<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Mashable reminds us that it’s been a year since Google Reader has been decommissioned. \u00a0They are also doing a survey to find out if people use more of RSS feeds now or less, what they’ve substituted it with and which tools people are using now to follow their favorite feeds. I’ve completed the survey, but … Continue reading A year without Google Reader<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[1939,2271,3273,1265,2069,2350,1152],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-22114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-data-aggregation","tag-facebook","tag-feedly","tag-feeds","tag-google-reader","tag-rss","tag-social-networks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27698,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/19\/going-pro-with-feedly\/","url_meta":{"origin":22114,"position":0},"title":"Going Pro with Feedly","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been a heavy user of RSS for years now. \u00a0I've tried and used everything from custom built applications and scripts, to browser add-ons, to third-party services. \u00a0Even this very blog's archives are full migration and review articles form one tool to another. \u00a0Here are a few links, if you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/feedly-500x360.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17891,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/17\/google-reader-alternative-quest\/","url_meta":{"origin":22114,"position":1},"title":"Google Reader alternative quest","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"After the news of Google Reader demise broke out, I, like many others, started looking for an alternative. \u00a0There are many RSS readers out there, both free and commercial, but none of them is quite like Google Reader. \u00a0 So, I thought, I'd share my adventures in hopes of more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18423,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/30\/goodbye-google-reader\/","url_meta":{"origin":22114,"position":2},"title":"Goodbye Google Reader","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, June 30th, is the last day of Google Reader availability. \u00a0If you completely ignored all the noise around the matter, run quickly, export and backup your feeds. \u00a0Tomorrow Google Reader will be no more. \u00a0 Of course, I've been on a quest for the Google Reader alternative. \u00a0Of course,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Google Reader","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Google-Reader-500x229.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21360,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/17\/moving-the-rss-to-feedly\/","url_meta":{"origin":22114,"position":3},"title":"Moving the RSS to Feedly","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've wrote a few posts on this blog in regards to RSS aggregators and a very unfortunate plug pull on Google Reader last year. \u00a0Since then, I've been a happy user of Bazqux. \u00a0But in the last couple of weeks, I've been trying (yes, once again) Feedly and I decided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"feedly","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/feedly-500x258.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10599,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/12\/08\/another-change-in-rss-habits\/","url_meta":{"origin":22114,"position":4},"title":"Another change in RSS habits","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 8, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I have yet another change in my RSS habits. 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