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0 pointsduncan_bayne13y ago0 comments

> Why are they shutting it down?

Because they would rather that you use Google+. The writing was on the wall when they started disabling features a year or two ago.

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pan6913y ago

How are you supposed to use RSS with G+? Wouldn't that be a mess?

Matsta13y ago

G+ is already a mess, so wouldn't make much of a difference.

Sorry, I was unclear; I meant use G+ instead of RSS feeds.

pan6913y ago

But that wouldn't be up to me, that would be up the feed publishers to use G+ instead of RSS. :)

Matsta13y ago

They should shut down Google search as well while there at it, and redirect it to Google+.

dictum13y ago

Don't give them ideas.

But the thing is that Google+ is wholly different experience. It's not about quickly consuming large amounts of information.

irickt13y ago

It's also about driving writers to Google+.

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pan6913y ago

How are you supposed to use RSS with G+? Wouldn't that be a mess?

Matsta13y ago

G+ is already a mess, so wouldn't make much of a difference.

Sorry, I was unclear; I meant use G+ instead of RSS feeds.

pan6913y ago

But that wouldn't be up to me, that would be up the feed publishers to use G+ instead of RSS. :)

Matsta13y ago

They should shut down Google search as well while there at it, and redirect it to Google+.

dictum13y ago

Don't give them ideas.

But the thing is that Google+ is wholly different experience. It's not about quickly consuming large amounts of information.

irickt13y ago

It's also about driving writers to Google+.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse