I’m still coming to terms with the news that Google Reader, my feed reader of choice, will soon be undergoing a revamp that will rid it of its indigenous world of sharing in favor of integration with Google’s fledgling social network, Google Plus. (N.B. I got wind of the impending changes from my friend Mary’s blog via my “people you follow” list in Google Reader.) I’m not interested in joining another social network. I have and will continue to resist joining Facebook. I’m content with the digital social world I’ve cobbled together for myself and cultivated over the years. And though I can count the number of people whose shared items I’ve chosen to follow in Google Reader on just two hands, I lament the fact that I will not be able to easily see or comment on what they’ve shared unless we all join Google Plus. Perhaps I’m overreacting, especially since I only follow a small handful of people. But I am genuinely interested in the content they share. I wish there was an easy alternative.
