I had to search to find this. Are you aware of the changes to the WP Reader? They are compressing and chopping posts in the Reader to accomplish what they call “streamlining” so the viewer can scan more posts more quickly while seeing less of your content in their reader. What WP is doing is giving your post much less than half the room it used to have in the reader, sometimes only two lines of text if you don’t have photos.
They are also now inserting blogs they promote in your Reader. So they are taking up the room they are saving by compressing your posts in the Reader with blogs you are not following and they are promoting.
This seems manipulative and non-transparent on WordPress’s part and not in the best interest of bloggers.
Rethinking Life 
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Agreed.
This is a terrible change. Definitely.
WP can be mailed regarding this issue at https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/reader-refresh-2017/#comment-231714. I have already submitted my complaint.
Thank you Holly. I’ll post this immediately.
Word Press has no regard for the support we are lending by posting with them. Displaying other blogs on the same space with another is absurd and inappropriate!
I agree completely.
right on sister…high five! 🙂
I just went to comment and read all of the comments…neither Holly’s nor your comment appears… though i do see some negative comments. Weird
I know. They seem to delete anything they don’t want people to see. They are manipulating the entire thing.
I just added my complaint but I looked through the others and you’re not on there and all the reviews are positive so they may be erasing the negative reviews.