The great thing about geeks is that they are smart, fast, and have the power to create stuff instantly. Like BringGoogleReaderBack.com, which was published just a few hours ago and already has 931 tweets. Or like KeepGoogleReader.com, a petition to keep Google Reader that already has 2,454 digital signatures.
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Geeks or not, perhaps Kyle Wild, the CEO of Keen_IO, put it best:
Google Reader had few users, but think about who they were: media mavens, tech press, and Google fanboys/fangirls. Bad segment to upset…
— Kyle Wild (@dorkitude) March 14, 2013
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