Goodbye Bloglines - and, apparently, RSS readers
Bloglines is to close down on Oct 1 and this story discusses the decline of RSS readers in general, citing losses to Facebook and Twitter. Bad news to me, as FB - no matter how I filter my lists - is no substitute for Google Reader, Netvibes or Bloglines, all of which can be tuned more finely as to info included and ordering.
FB is, frankly, dumber as a dedicated reader, and Twitter gives nothing more than a bare-bones link, barely even a headline, and its only real asset is its speed of delivery.
Speed to the inclusion of all else, and I'm thinking here too of Tumblr users who, for reasons I can't fathom, post 100 unconnected images a day - merely scatters the mind and leads to exhaustion and confusion. Nothing is contemplated, nothing digested.
