&gt; how does facebook even remotely do the same function as google reader?<p>The problem which Google Reader solves is &quot;show me some stories from a variety of sites which interest me.&quot; Facebook also solves this, admittedly in a rather different way, but it&#x27;s still the same job to be done.<p>&gt; Can you put in rss feeds to your front page on FB?<p>No. But that didn&#x27;t keep me from replacing Google Reader with increase Facebook use.