would you pay for google reader, the results, sorta

September 2nd, 2010 • posts i've written

A couple weeks back I asked readers how much they’d pay for Google Reader. I asked folks to add their comments to the post inside Google Reader by hitting Share with a Note.

In truth, I wanted to see how items are passed within Google Reader.

And it’s still a bit unclear.

I do know that people did share the post. I saw at least 3 people I follow leave a comment. But each time they did, Google Reader created a new instance of the post. I also know that more than those 3 people shared the post, because FeedBurner tells me it was one of my most viewed items in the history of this blog.

Did you see it shared in your Reader?

I’m unsure what value there is for Reader to create a new instance of the post each time someone adds their comment. And I also know that I have seen posts shared inside Reader with multiple people’s comments. So when does it decide to bundle comments on a single instance and when does it decide to create a new instance?

Anyway, thanks for playing.

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