![]() ![]() You may ask a question – Why not unsubscribe from the sites who post a huge number of blog posts every single day ? If you are subscribed to popular tech blogs and news sources like Techcrunch, Mashable, Lifehacker, Techmeme, TechDirt chances are that your RSS reader is going to flood with a large number of new articles every single hour. When your reading list gets huge – keeping track of RSS feeds becomes extremely difficult, thanks to the overwhelming number of updates by blogs who post 20-30 updates every single day. The Problem With RSS Feeds – Information Overload Some of the blogs do not have a very active Twitter account but almost every other website or forum has built in support for RSS feeds. ![]() The second reason why I prefer RSS is of course – availability. Only a handful of them are successful, while most of the people struggle to keep up with all the information shared on the Twitter verse. Twitter is just the opposite – it’s more of a real time system of information flowing from one corner to another, which bloggers and readers try to intercept. Organization is not only important, it’s critical in terms of productivity. When you are back from a vacation – simply open your RSS reader and you have all the blog posts waiting to be read from the time when you left off. You remain offline for 2 weeks but the “Reading list” will continue gathering new blog posts from the time you left off. The first reason is that RSS feeds are not time critical. In the age of Twitter, Quora and micro blogging, why use RSS ? Two reasons. A Complete Guide On Filtering RSS Feeds And Managing Information Overload In RSS Readers
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