Google Reader just added a social network…
Oh, my, the choice I made to start a link blog using Google Reader’s technology is just looking better and better all the time.
Today they started a social network. Please do join up! My Google Name: scobleizer@gmail.com.
Add me as a friend, particularly if you are also sharing items in Google Reader. Make sure you edit your Google Reader settings, first, though. Hint: if you look there you’ll see more possibilities for new features coming soon!
Here’s the official blog post on the Reader/Talk features.
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December 14th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Here’s the official blog post:
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2007/12/reader-and-talk-are-friends.html
December 14th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
I can agree that this is very neat, and will only increase my addiction to Reader.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
[...] Be My Friend? Google Reader has added a function that enables you to view the Shared Items of your friends alongside your own. I don’t know how many people read this and use the Shared Items feature of Google Reader, but if you do, add me as a friend if you like (lnewcomer (at) gmail (dot) com). Apparently you can do it by simply adding the user via Chat. See Robert Scoble’s take here. [...]
December 14th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I added you…just waiting for you to accept. I look forward to seeing how this works.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
I am just waiting for the day that we can add comments to items we share. When that day arrives, Reader will be the greatest web application out there.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
A reference to a more detailed ‘how to’ would be great.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
[...] a little underwhelmed by it all, but Robert Scoble isn’t and Steve Rubel sexes the announcement up to the point of calling it part of “Google’s [...]
December 15th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Added.
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December 15th, 2007 at 2:34 am
5. - totally agree - comments on shared items FTW!!!
December 15th, 2007 at 5:33 am
[...] this new what-are-my-friends-sharing feature, Robert Scoble is so fond of, stripping LiveJournal of one of their benefits en passant (Friends’ Feed). At this point [...]
December 15th, 2007 at 10:44 am
A rather more straightforward method (ie not having to go through another Google app!) would be a step forward…
December 15th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
[...] those Reader items you’ve shared. Robert Scoble’s initial reaction to it was “Cool, Google Reader added a Social Network!“. My initial reaction to it was a little different — I’m already frustrated by [...]
December 15th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Yes, I like the Google reader as well! Just invited you to my chat :)
December 17th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
[...] social networks such as Facebook by joining the smaller networks through the OpenSocial API and by socializing Google services such as Google Reader. This dilutes the power that any one social networking system has. Google’s purchase of Jaiku [...]
December 20th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
[...] debate is ongoing, but these videos are timely considering recent objections and concerns about new social networking features that are being added to Google Reader, Gmail and Google [...]
December 27th, 2007 at 8:37 am
this is a horrible feature! I just found it, and knowing you’re a big fan of Reader I thought I’d better skim back through your posts. I’m disappointed that you like it so much, although I suppose I should have known better. you don’t really care about your own personal privacy :)
BUT, this feature is a complete invasion of my privacy and I don’t like it at all.
one of my contacts is my ex-husband. I really, really don’t want him to see the items that I share, but because he is a contact of mine, he will be automatically subscribed if he ever decides to use Google Reader.
why do I care? I divorced him for a reason. it’s creepy if he is reading the items that I share.
the only way I can prevent him from seeing these items is to remove him as a contact. this is crazy! I need to keep him as a contact because we still have reasons to converse, but we do not have a friendly relationship.
and I know it wouldn’t necessarily be that difficult for him to find my shared items feed and add it, but he’s lazy and would never go out of his way to find it. he probably doesn’t even know it exists. but now, when/if he starts using Reader, it will be handed to him.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
[...] is Facebook’s core business, while it’s a side project for Google. Although Google has just attempted to add social networking to Google Reader (via Scoble), and is trying to take on Wikipedia with Knol, it remains to be seen whether they can [...]