Why Curated Content Matters: A Lament for Reader Share Google Reader unveiled big changes this week, and the internet recoiled. Some folks (I’m one of them) loathe the new design: the excessive use of white space at the top of the screen, the heavy black-and-gray palette, the black-underlined links that have replaced the stand-out blue. But far more irritating to many users is the death of Reader’s Shared Items feature. Screen shot of my new Reader. If you used Reader Share, you’re probably in mourning today. Sure, those folks can continue sharing the best of the internet with you via other means. Same goes for sharing links on Twitter or Facebook. Google’s shift from Reader Share to Google+ seems part of a larger push toward stream content, away from curated content you can subscribe to. RSS is a way to consume a LOT of information very quickly, and STORE it in nice categories if you miss it. And that is exactly what’s bugging me about the death of Reader Share. Of course there are other ways to share curated content.
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