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Commenting in Google Reader

Inspired by the question by Damond Nollan on Google Reader:

“What do I have to change in my settings to encourage commenting within Google Reader? Second, how would you know people are commenting once you’ve read the post?”

I let myself compile this little how to which perhaps could be of a help also for others.

How to encourage commenting in Google Reader:

1. Go to Sharing settings

2. Assign people you follow and people following you to groups.

3. Edit settings of the group you want to share comments with.

4. In case you want to create special group – go to Google Contacts: http://www.google.com/contacts

how do you know that people are commenting on your shared post?

To check if shared by you item has the comments – go to ‘Comment view’ (just below ‘People you follow’).

I hope it will help new users of Google Reader. Enjoy!

PS: As for today, you will have to go through the procedure of “encouraging comments” every time you log into Google Reader and even each time you refresh it (probably due to some kind of small though annoying bug in the new, social “incarnation” of all Geeks favorite tool )

PS2: Interesting post on the subject by Damond Nollan here: http://www.damondnollan.com/2009/08/could-google-reader-become-next.html#

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