New Feature: Sharing with Friends - How Do I?

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More options Dec 15 2007, 1:15 am

From: Undertakr

Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:15:56 -0800 (PST)

Local: Sat, Dec 15 2007 1:15 am

Subject: Re: New Feature: Sharing with Friends

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I want this turned off and like, now. Now my business associates, my
family, my parents can all see my shared feeds and I have no control
over that at all. I WAS using the shared feed for myself as a way to
backup important RSS feeds, not to share with people I hardly know who
happen to be in my address book. This is an awful, awful feature, an
invasion of privacy and a feature that no one wanted in the first
place. If we did, we'd share the link! I want a way to turn this off
immediately.

On Dec 14, 6:14 pm, Google Reader Guide wrote:

> Hi everybody,

> We've just launched a new feature that makes it easier to follow your
> friends' shared items in Google Reader. Check out the announcement on
> our blog:http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2007/12/reader-and-talk-are-friends....

> The short description of it is this: If any of your friends from
> Google Talk are using Reader and sharing items, you'll see them listed
> in your sidebar under "Friends' shared items." Similarly, they'll be
> able to see any items you're sharing. You can hide items from any
> friend you don't want to see, and you can also opt out of sharing by
> removing all your shared items. For full details, check out the
> following help articles:http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?answer=83000http:/...

> This is still a very experimental feature, so we'd love to hear what
> you think of it. Thanks, and happy sharing!

> -Graham

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