I really miss Bayesian filters in Google Reader. Apart from that, Google Reader is my favorite feed reader. Despite being really great among web-based readers, it lacks the design of a native Mac application (and yes, I have tried ReadAir but it’s not native anyway).
What holds me from switching to another reader is the sharing with other google users. I share a lot of stuff, and I also read from all my contacts, and it’s interesting stuff most of the time.
And this is the magic formula for my RSS-Crowdsourcing-OneMoreBuzzword-Filter™. When I have almost no time and lot of feed items, I skim over them and the ones that I find potentially interesting I share them instead of opening them in a new window, as I would if I had the time. So how this works? If it gets shared back by any of my contacts, I will read it later (and it’s because it is interesting). If not, it is lost in the unknowns of the tubes.
“Well, aren’t you spamming your contacts?” Hrrmm, yes, I am. Social network friends are cheap nowadays anyway.