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joshma on March 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chief Architect of Google+ requests clarification ...

This is not demonstrably false, as the Quora post you linked to is 3 almost 2 years old. (For comparison, the latest answer is right around when G+ launched.) The large majority of the population doesn't even know what RSS is, let alone use it for their day-to-day reading.

Karunamon on March 15, 2013 [–]

You have reason to believe that Reader's usage went down in two years?

ajross on March 15, 2013 | | [–]

Relative to Google+? Yes.

judofyr on March 15, 2013 | | [–]

You have reason to believe that Reader's usage went up in two years?

(I personally have no idea…)

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