> Thanks for all the feedback and opinions on this. We're reading all
> your comments, though clearly we can't respond to each one
> individually. I'd like to address a few of the most common concerns,
> though.

> * Your friends will not be able to see all of your subscriptions, but
> only individual items that you have explicitly marked as "shared."

> * Your friends list doesn't necessarily include everyone in your Gmail
> address book. It is limited to people you have chatted with on Google
> Talk and who also use Google Reader.

> * The "share" feature was always intended to imply some amount of
> publicity. That's why we used the term "share" and had shared items
> marked as public by default on the Settings > Tags page.

> * There's a "clear your shared items" link on the Settings > Friends
> page if you urgently need to remove the items you've shared in the
> past.

> * It is still possible (as before) to share specific tags, or your
> starred items, independently of your shared items feed. This is a good
> alternative for people who have more specific uses for this feature
> than the general concept of "sharing." Details on how to do this can
> be found in the help center:http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?answer=70656

> Thanks, and keep the feedback coming.

> -Graham