[pron]

The post misses the role Reader played in the ecosystem. It may have been intended as a content discovery app, but it actually became a content creation tool.

When I was a journalist, Reader was my main research tool. I didn't care about what was trending. I wanted to find things before they became trends. I subscribed to lots of obscure blogs and publications, and Reader allowed me to skim them very quickly for items of possible importance. I was also able to go back and search all of my feeds for interesting material.

I think this article sums it best: Killing Google Reader is like killing the bees - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2013/mar/15/google...

[xaotikdesigns]

THIS! A thousand times this!

By the time it hits facebook and twitter, it's already old news. I have hundreds of feeds subscribed in Reader so I can find it before everybody else.

[vanderZwan]

I completely forgot about how back in the day that Google Reader had sharing features, I would feel how non-reader users on facebook were days behind on what my friends had already shared and discussed on Google Reader.

And the discussions had better quality too.

[aaronbrethorst]

Mind emailing me at [e-mail]? I'm building a replacement for Reader, and you're in my target demographic. I'd love to better understand how you use Reader.