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RIP Bloglines

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Bloglines dies on Oct. 1, 2010.

OK, I’ll admit that I mostly stuck with Bloglines as my RSS reader out of habit. I had all my feeds backed up on Google Reader though. Bloglines has gotten a little wonky lately and was a little slow to update, but it worked for me. There wasn’t enough real pain to make a switch. I find Google Reader a little clunky but I guess I’ll get used to it.

I will admit it too.

My name is Stephen and I am an RSS addict.

The End of Bloglines is Nigh – Will Close October 1

Just a few weeks notice seems tight but I’ve migrated easily today.

I do have some concerns.

1. Will Google Reader have a monopoly on RSS feed readers now? There are some smaller options but not too many. Do I want the world’s largest ad agency to have access to all my feed behaviour? That seems to be the current price of free.
2. IAC has a long history of waffling on strategy – we’re in search, we’re not in search; Portals, no not portals, etc. Will they be back?
3. Twitter just doesn’t cut it for me in this context. I don’t like to comingle everything in the archive and it’s more of a social distribution system for me connected to Facebook and my blog.
4. IAC stated that they think RSS is in decline. I respectfully disagree. It’s still a very usuful tool and much more targeted, private and personal than tagging or tweeting.

Oh well, I am defeated and change persists.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on September 11, 2010 (boomark / email).