Duff's Device - Latest Comments in Google Reader allows me to (surreptitiously) alter the text of any article.

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João Almeida — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:28:10 -0000

The inability to edit a note really is a bit strange...

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ryansv — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:47:46 -0000

Thanks for pointing out the duplicates problem, it goes well with what I found. If you add a note to a shared item, you can modify the original post however you want, and that is what get published in your Shared Items the second time(it just usually happens to be the same).

I've also noticed that OPML import problem with Shyftr, it only took in about 10% of my feeds, however, I just tried importing into Bloglines, and it picked up all of my feeds, which makes me think the problem is likely with Shyftr.

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bigmanoren — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:34:56 -0000

Another bug with the new notes feature that I noticed - once you share an item, but go back and add a note, it creates a duplicate entry instead of just adding the note.

Also, anyone else having issues importing OPML files from google reader? I seem to have issues anytime I try to import them into any other readers (Shyftr most recently)

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ryansv — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:12 -0000

I looked around a bit and couldn't find it easily accessible anywhere, so I uploaded today's file.

Ryan Svoboda's OPML File 5/7/2008

If you end up getting all my tags or folder structures I apologize, it's current;y very messy and I need to get around to organizing it.

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ydfeed — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:06:20 -0000

Do you share your subscriptions OPML file anywhere?

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Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:36:48 -0000

What other bugs have you noted, Louis? I've noted my lack of ability to hit the notes feature with a hotkey, but that's relatively minor compared to this.

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allen stern — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:01:56 -0000

interesting find ryan - please don't change any of my shared items :)

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SeekGround — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:22:06 -0000

Great presentation of this problem. I agree that it has the potential to cause great mischief.

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Louis Gray — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:29:47 -0000

The new Notes feature in Google Reader definitely launched with some bugs. I don't think I'll be using them at all to start, until they get the issues worked out. Yours is just one of the examples we've already seen tonight. Google Reader is great, and the team is sharp, but it's clear they need a bit more external testing on occasion.