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Bloglines, one of the most popular web-based feed readers, will no longer be available after September 30th.
via Bloglines to Be Discontinued.
Apparently, the folks at IAC see little future for RSS feeds. Naturally, since I have just decided that my Web presence would have a much greater reliance on my Shared Google Reader page. I think the IAC folks are misinterpreting the data: while the “social networking” crowd may rely more on Twitter and Facebook, that is pretty thin gruel indeed. If you are looking for high quality information delivered directly to you, then RSS Feeds still look like the best solution. It’s the old problem of quality versus quantity.
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