I loved Reader for a while, but have since moved away from it in favor of twitter: Reader is like a dam that keeps backing up... every time you log in you see this unread count and the implication is that you need to "catch up" and skim everything. On the other hand, twitter is a flowing river and if I miss a day, it's gone without guilt. Reader is still great for those sources you just never want to miss though.
RSS isn't "dying", though RSS readers are probably "languishing".
I have tried experimenting with Twitter and not using reader for a week. When I come back to check, there are tons of articles which I would have missed if I had not checked.
Some of the articles are tweeted, but then most of the time I check Twitter on phone so I have to mark them for Read It Later. Sort of defeats the purpose IMO.
There are times when I fall behind in reading feeds and unread count makes me feel guilty. When it gets too much I take drastic step of marking all as read.
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I loved Reader for a while, but have since moved away from it in favor of twitter: Reader is like a dam that keeps backing up... every time you log in you see this unread count and the implication is that you need to "catch up" and skim everything. On the other hand, twitter is a flowing river and if I miss a day, it's gone without guilt. Reader is still great for those sources you just never want to miss though.
RSS isn't "dying", though RSS readers are probably "languishing".
I have tried experimenting with Twitter and not using reader for a week. When I come back to check, there are tons of articles which I would have missed if I had not checked.
Some of the articles are tweeted, but then most of the time I check Twitter on phone so I have to mark them for Read It Later. Sort of defeats the purpose IMO.
There are times when I fall behind in reading feeds and unread count makes me feel guilty. When it gets too much I take drastic step of marking all as read.
View all your unread items and sort by "Magic" -- you'll get better stuff at the top and it will feel just like Twitter/Tumblr.