(The term “Circling” also got recently trademarked so if you want to try it, it’s also being done under other names like “relatefulness” and “transformational connection” these days.)
Why did this happen? I feel like people who already know about circling probably know the answer to this, but that people who don't probably don't (I'm in the latter group).
I don't know the details. The official explanation is this:
... but then I also heard it claimed that Circling Europe, previously one of the main Circling schools in very good standing, ended up not having a permission to use the trademark because the licensing fees for it would have been so exorbitant that CE found it better to use a different name than to pay them. So maybe it was more of a cash grab? (Or just a combination of several different motives.)
I use http://feedly.com/ , mostly because I had a robust RSS feed when Google used to come with one, and Feedly volunteered to transfer over RSS accounts when it was shutting down to capture users. I don't have any complaints.
As a physicist, I'd like to say that if you're tempted by inaccessible cardinals, you will still end up mucking about with them, much to the annoyance of some of your cohort.
Why did this happen? I feel like people who already know about circling probably know the answer to this, but that people who don't probably don't (I'm in the latter group).