An article http://www.zdnet.com/google-reader-its-not-you-its-us-7000012626/ mentioned that Google Reader is to close down on July 1, 2013. Another article lists some alternatives http://www.zdnet.com/goodbye-google-reader-here-are-five-rss-alternatives-7000012604/. How important is that?
Querying Jim Hamm brought this, "If I had something constructive to say, I would. Some time ago I used to use an RSS feed quite often -- it may have been Google Reader, but I don't remember for sure. For some reason -- and I don't recall why -- I got away from using an RSS feed, and haven't used one for some time. It may have been when I upgraded my OS the RSS feed didn't carry over, I didn't notice, and slowly forgot about an RSS feed altogether.

"The article points out some good choices for RSS feeds. It seems if someone has been using Google Reader the easiest migration choice would be to use Feedly. However, people can experiment a bit to see which they prefer."