[swyx]

> I credit the demise of Google Reader with a lot of the downfall of the Old Web.

maybe you have causation wrong. social platforms were so effective they caused downfall of old web, and with it the demise of Google Reader

[MaxwellM]

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

[swyx]

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