# Now that Google Reader has been gone for more than half a year. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421 "2014-03-24T05:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/1 "2014-03-24T05:26:56Z")
What are you using as an RSS reader? What do you like about it? Dislike? Any features that you just can’t seem to get? Me, I use a couple of different ones Livejournal shows the whole story (for most feeds), which I read as part of my friends list. Good for feeds that update sporadically, and conversely for those that tend to update many times in a day. However url changes to a feed are hard to fix and easy to miss. Yahoo home pages lets you do headlines or summaries. It has one box per feed and you get your x number of stories whether that covers two hours or two months. Neither of these allow me to say “I’ve read this story already” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/2 "2014-03-24T05:57:52Z")
Feedly. It’s pretty good, but some feeds have just stopped updating. It’s alright, I didn’t want to know what my YouTube subscriptions were up to anyway. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/3 "2014-03-24T06:22:11Z")
I do it through my Outlook at work. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/4 "2014-03-24T06:35:35Z")
I use the Firefox add-on called Newsfox. OK ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/5 "2014-03-24T07:45:26Z")
Feedly ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/6 "2014-03-24T13:08:02Z")
Also Feedly, primarily on my phone and tablet. It’s only been half a year? Seems a lot longer than that. Maybe I switched well before the final cutoff. ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/7 "2014-03-24T14:01:46Z")
I’ve been using [theoldreader.com](http://theoldreader.com) ever since GReader went away. It’s the closest I’ve found to the “old style” GReader interface and functionality. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/8 "2014-03-24T14:13:09Z")
I use Livejournal for my RSS feeds. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/9 "2014-03-24T15:26:41Z")
another vote for Feedly ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/10 "2014-03-24T15:30:34Z")
Netvibes ---
**Author:** ![Krouget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Krouget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krouget)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/11 "2014-03-24T15:33:25Z")
Feedly, since before Google Reader had the plug pulled. Especially on mobile, the latter was missing a number of features. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/12 "2014-03-24T15:43:38Z")
I only use rss on my iPod Touch (which is an iPhone w/o phone) and I use Feeddler. But then you also have to have a subscription service to go along with it, and for that I use BazQux. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/13 "2014-03-24T15:45:55Z")
I used Feedly for a while, but I haven’t been on it for ages. I guess my browsing habits have just changed. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/14 "2014-03-24T22:41:24Z")
Feedly. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/15 "2014-03-25T00:04:46Z")
Feedly, but I don’t love it. It can be glitchy and isn’t quite as snappy on my system as Google Reader was. It also feels like a lot of my feeds have more “junk” and reposted articles, so the utility has gone down. I still use it, but I’m increasingly moving towards using social services like Reddit and curated serviced like Flipbook. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/16 "2014-03-25T01:28:47Z")
I’ve been using NetNewsWire for Mac. I don’t actually RSS anything but webcomics, but it seems like a very robust platform. ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/17 "2014-03-25T01:42:58Z")
What is RSS? What is Google reader? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/18 "2014-03-25T13:49:22Z")
> [@Melchior](#): > > What is RSS? What is Google reader? [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RSS](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RSS) ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/19 "2014-03-25T14:43:51Z")
I have found Feedly to be fantastic… especially since they really worked on their web presence ([cloud.feedly.com](http://cloud.feedly.com)). IIRC, when Google Reader went away, Feedly was a smartphone only thing. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421/20 "2014-03-25T18:30:24Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I have found Feedly to be fantastic… especially since they really worked on their web presence ([cloud.feedly.com](http://cloud.feedly.com)). IIRC, when Google Reader went away, Feedly was a smartphone only thing. They opened the Feedly Cloud a few months before Reader went away. IIRC, the creation of Cloud was a direct response to the announcement of Reader’s closure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-google-reader-has-been-gone-for-more-than-half-a-year/684421.md?page=2)