Odd shut down of Scope android app
Bummed that my favorite social news feed app Scope for android seems to have been killed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this happen with so little reported about what has happened over the last 72 hours or so. Searching for news reveals almost nothing aside from a few users also reporting their feeds just stopped updating.
Not that I am big fan of twitter or facebook for that matter, but this app did exactly what I needed to scan a few feeds that can’t be done with RSS in a really slick way. Even better than the also killed TweakDeck.
I can’t handle the bloat of apps like hootsuite and it feels painful to have to actually open a facebook or twitter app individually. What to do?
YanNechayev Said,
Yeah, the same problem. Btw the app is not in GPlay anymore. Google support tells it was deleted a few days ago. The site is down, and Scope Support email are silent. No one knows what’s going on. Well, RIP Scopeapp.
gregdavisdotca Said,
Indeed I miss Scope.
Since then have tried not using twitter at all and checking in on FB rarely. I think I actually learned that I need less and less of twitter/facebook. But I’ve settled on Plume as a replacement, and done a lot of “unfollowing” on FB, and have a very small list of twitter users I follow for some news filtering.
This is a decent post to reference although I think all the TweetDeck alternatives aren’t a real option anymore:
http://lifehacker.com/5810139/the-best-twitter-client-for-android/all