Google Reader shared items become more social
Google Reader has become slightly more social lately with the addition of recommended feeds. I’ve just come across another tweak to the interface which helps a bit with the social aspect: a Shared Items improvement.
The screenshot above shows that not only did Scoble share the feed item in question, but my colleague Nick Clarke also shared it. Previously, this would have come up as two items for me to read, once in Nick’s shared items feed and again in Scoble’s feed.
This is a slight step forward to the point where items with more “shares” are promoted for reading. I don’t think there’s a current interface to accomplish this though.
I love how google webapps get better by small increments, every time its like getting a gift
I don’t subscribe to multiple shared item feeds, so I haven’t been able to check it out… but wouldn’t this be automatically factored into the “auto” sort? (I love me some “auto” sorted folders!)
That is cool, I have been asking for social rss feeds for months now. Good to see the smarty pants google finally tackling this.
Of course, I may not even notice now, since I use the bookmarklet to read my reader feeds. I still like viewing them in their original format…
Roger, that’s a great point. I’d never really looked at the auto sort before (check out Google’s announcement if this doesn’t mean much to you).
I’ll start using the auto sort straight away, and hopefully notice enough to see your answer. Thanks!