Without an obvious RSS reader alternative to Google Reader (and with heightened fears that any replacement RSS reader might exit the market, just like Google and Bloglines), some folks will simply give up on RSS altogether and rely exclusively on social media, email alerts or bookmarks.

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Second, Google announced that RSS service Google Reader would be shut down.

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That diminished return is solved in Google Reader and other RSS services.

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