Re:Alex Payne — Fever and the Future of Feed Readers
by ubernostrum on Sunday July 19, 2009 @02:53AM
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As always, it depends.
I subscribe to a small number of feeds. But several of them are themselves aggregating multiple feeds (e.g., running some sort of "planet" software), and so can produce lots of items depending on who's active on a given day.
I find this to be fairly useful (since it lets me get good coverage of particular niche topics I care about), but I'm also very careful about what I subscribe to and who I trust to choose the feeds which get aggregated.
I subscribe to a small number of feeds. But several of them are themselves aggregating multiple feeds (e.g., running some sort of "planet" software), and so can produce lots of items depending on who's active on a given day.
I find this to be fairly useful (since it lets me get good coverage of particular niche topics I care about), but I'm also very careful about what I subscribe to and who I trust to choose the feeds which get aggregated.