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by James Robertson.
Original Post: Information Overload - an RSS question
Feed Title: Cincom Smalltalk Blog - Smalltalk with Rants
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In the comments to this post this question came up:
But do you have control over your feed subscriptions? It's a little like saying that smokers are in control of their cigarette intake. Of course you can delete subscriptions but can one overcome the desire and addiction to new information? It's worth reading about pseudo-ADD, a non-clinical form of attention deficit disorder that modern society seems to foster.
Well, I can't speak for anyone but myself here. I've read about Scoble's 1000 or so subscriptions (and it sounds insane to me). I was adding feeds regularly until I got to where I am now - 284 feeds. I've had within 5 subscriptions of that number for months now - I got to a point where the volume was high, but not unsustainable - and stopped. Are there people who can't stop? I suppose so. Like other addictions, I doubt it's a majority.
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