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0 pointsMaxwellM5mo ago0 comments

Google Reader was killed by Vic because it was the only "social" app at Google at the time. He wanted to grow their FB competitor (G+) and insisted on migrating users over from Reader to G+, which never happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Gundotra#Career

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swyx5mo ago

lmao thanks. you would think you should spin up the next thing first and migrate over rather than kill then spin up

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0 pointsMaxwellM5mo ago0 comments

Google Reader was killed by Vic because it was the only "social" app at Google at the time. He wanted to grow their FB competitor (G+) and insisted on migrating users over from Reader to G+, which never happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Gundotra#Career

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swyx5mo ago

lmao thanks. you would think you should spin up the next thing first and migrate over rather than kill then spin up

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse