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# How Google Reader died — and why the web misses it more than ever
- URL: https://werd.io/how-google-reader-died-and-why-the-web-misses-it/
- Published: 2023-06-30T12:49:18.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-30T12:49:18.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“For a while, the internet got away from what Google Reader was trying to build: everything moved into walled gardens and algorithmic feeds, governed by Facebook and Twitter and TikTok and others. But now, as that era ends and a new moment on the web is starting to take hold through Mastodon, Bluesky, and others, the things Reader wanted to be are beginning to come back.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://www.theverge.com/23778253/google-reader-death-2013-rss-social)\]