Comments on: Has Techmeme Stopped You From Reading RSS Feeds?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:42:59 +0000

I think with google reader and all the feeds I subscribe too I really dont need techmeme.

By: Philippe Lourier

Philippe Lourier — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:33:36 +0000

Hey Tony .. I’m the human behind blogrunner. Thanks for all the nice stuff you’ve been saying about the site.. I’m not really into the whole techmeme vs blogrunner thing. First of all, I’m a tm fan. Secondly, although there’s some overlap, I think they differ more than they’re alike. And in general I’d say, let’s have more techmemes and blogrunners and all sorts of services that remix an reorganize the web and that pipe information into each other. Let the meta-aggregators bloom. Re. the curated vs feeds discussion, blogrunner tries to have it both ways by also providing a view that basically just streams stuff as it comes in. I use google reader all the time though for stuff that is not time sensitive. The whole river of news concept is a great start but I wish google reader had more options to remix content and grab stuff that I didn’t necessarily subscribe to but that is closely related to what I’m scanning.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:15:58 +0000

Over the past few months, my Google Reader line-up has really evolved. It has expanded but now includes mnay different kind of blogs other than technology, which has made reading it more interesting. I still read & enjoy Techmeme but I have found the same old faces (including my own) there on a regular basis.

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:20:27 +0000

For what it’s worth – I still do my primary blog reading in Google Reader (I just came here from there). But I do admit to reading techmeme too, sometimes to get ideas for blog posts if I don’t find any through the reader.

But yes – your post makes me think that I ought to be paying more attention to feeds and less on what’s hot on techmeme.

By: Steven Haney

Steven Haney — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:02:46 +0000

I agree with some comments that sites like popurls.com are a real alternative to overcrowded rss readers.

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:44:19 +0000

I still read about 800 feeds every day and put the best to my link blog at http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14480565058256660224

By: Stan Schroeder

Stan Schroeder — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:02:20 +0000

Honestly? I wouldn’t read Techmeme if my job(s) didn’t require me to. It’s a great tool; I’m not trying to take anything away from it. But I like to read my feeds one at a time, in the order as they appear.