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From: Richard Tew
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:07:47 -0800 (PST)
Local: Thurs, Dec 20 2007 2:07 am
Subject: Re: New Feature: Sharing with Friends
On Dec 15, 2:14 am, Google Reader Guide wrote:
> We've just launched a new feature that makes it easier to follow your
Please disable this as soon as possible. All it does is insert random
> friends' shared items in Google Reader. Check out the announcement on > our blog:http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2007/12/reader-and-talk-are-friends.... items into my "all items" list from random people who I have exchanged email with (which gmail automatically seems to have classified as "contacts"). And I need to opt out for each of these random people with the overhanging threat that more may pop up for me to play whack- a-mole with after they have posted more garbage which gets foisted into my "all items" list. This feature is ill conceived and ruins normal usage. Please disable
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