Yeah, the Reader retirement probably did a lot of damage. But nothing fundamental, I believe. Feeds are dying from lack of interest. The proverbial &#x27;general public&#x27; never could be bothered to spend those ten extra minutes getting to understand that orange icon with the stripes. Go out there and ask. Say &quot;feed&quot; to everybody. 99 percent of them will give you a blank stare in return. &quot;What&#x27;s the problem? We got Facebook&quot;.