Google's latest "spring cleaning" may be the company's most heartbreaking since Google Wave. Google Reader, the RSS reader of the masses, will shut down on July 1.

A surprising number of Ars staffers still use Google Reader, so the conversation in the Orbital HQ immediately turned to alternatives. "Oh, what about FeedDemon?" Errr, the service depends on Google Reader. "What about Reeder for iOS?" Same story. My personal alternative, NetNewsWire... ugh.

Twitter quickly became a suggestion box. CNET compiled a quick list and Ars alum Ryan Paul was quick to sing the praises of NewsBlur. (Though that service's website was quickly rendered unresponsive. "I expect http://www.newsblur.com to be unresponsive as 1000s of new users flee Reader," NewsBlur's Twitter handle quipped.)

But when in doubt, Ars can always do what others can't—turn to our collective reader braintrust. So our latest Poll Technica is an obvious one: in light of today's announcement, where are you turning for all your RSS needs?