There needs to be a way to do this, and I’m sure that Google is working on something right now - at least I hope so. It’s really annoying not being able to add some commentary to an item that I’m sharing so that people reading it actually understand the reason I shared it.

The same thing happens when I’m reading one of my friends shared items… I always want a way to tell them how I feel about what I just read. Why not just blog about it? I just want a little blurb, like a twitter, where I can quickly say what I’m thinking after I just read it.

If I could think of a feasible way to accomplish this I would write some software to let me do it. The only way I can see just quickly thinking is having a 3rd party site that takes your shared items and adds the abilities I want… Maybe this already exists? Time to do some research.

Update: This is what happens when you don’t do pre-post research. From the Google Reader blog:

In the next updates, Google Reader should let you comment on shared items or chat with your online friends about certain posts, separate your shared items with tags and recommend shared items from people that have similar interests with you.