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Google, don't turn off Reader. Signed, The Internet

Google, don't turn off Reader. Signed, The Internet

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Google's sudden decision to sunset Reader — perhaps the best-known RSS reader ever made — has been met with swift reaction from high-profile users across the web. Here's a sampling of people asking to save an RSS service on Google... all coming from the service that probably helped kill it in the first place: Twitter.

From Twitter's Jim Prosser:

From MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey:

From gdgt co-founder Ryan Block:

From The New York Times' David Carr:

From Phone Scoop's Eric Zeman:

Some gallows humor from Pinboard:

Felicia Day chimes in: