At church last Sunday we had a potluck/providence after the service. When this happens all the young ladies tend to migrate to one table. I took the opportunity of having them all assembled and took a poll. The first question was "Do you know what a feed reader is?" the second "Do you use a feed reader?" and third "Which do you use?"
WARNING: The results may shock and horrify you. To my utter dismay, none of them had any more than a vague idea of what a feed reader was. So I needn't even post the results of the second and third questions. I didn't expect everyone to use feed readers... but I expected SOMEONE to! And these girls are all avid bloggers and blog readers! (It's been nearly a week, and as you see, I still can't get over it.)
I've been using Google Reader for awhile now... can't remember exactly how long. I can't imagine not using it, frankly. It multiplies the amount of Internet drama I can digest in one day to the tenth power. It's how I take in my blogs, web comics, news, and shirt.woot updates! Everything shows up in my reader, all alphabetized and ordered by date.
So, my dear readers, three questions: Do you know what a feed reader is? Do you use one? Which one do you use?
Yes; yes; Google reader.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I could exist without one -- I use Google Reader, and I have 127 feeds that I read (and I read all of them every day).
ReplyDeleteHaha, you stole my question. :P
ReplyDeleteIt is surprising how many people don't know about them. I use NetNewsWire. :)
Well, you should have given my credit for having a very faint and foggy idea of what it was in my head...I am sure they are very useful but I will never consider one to be life support, as Silas apparently does.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm a Bloglines fan.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bloglines girl too.
ReplyDeleteI use bloglines!
ReplyDelete*Such a nerd*
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, and Google Reader. I've been using it for a long time, and keep up with so much more than I would otherwise.
ReplyDelete*ahem*
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I technically knew what a feed reader was, just not what it was called.
I normally refer to them as "the thingies that keep track of everyone's blogs."
I use google reader, but I also like the follower system. Reader automatically imports all the blogs you follow, you know.
ReplyDeleteI know what one is and I don't use google. I just like getting emailed feeds from feedburner, mainly. Been thinking about using the google reader. Not sure though. lol
ReplyDeleteI know what one is, I've just started trying to use NetNewsWire, probably should finish figuring it out. :D
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