I find myself clicking “Mark All As Read” a lot when I succumb to information overload. I used to make myself read all my subscriptions. Nowadays if I’ve missed my Google Reader for more than a few days I assume anything relevant or pressing will bubble up on Twitter, FriendFeed, or Feedly. These tools are becoming increasingly important in consuming information – moving beyond communcation platforms.
How do you handle information overload? Just give up and “Mark All As Read”? In a future post I’ll discuss systems I’ve setup to automate a lot of the filtering process for me – yet I still have trouble.
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Oh haha I hit that button all the time… but usually on a per folder basis, not on ALL of the feeds
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I do the same… actually most of the time it’s on a folder basis (like my gadgets or deals folders). I do have “must read” folder that I rarely Mark All As Read
Funny you mention this, as I’m going through my feedreader doing that exact same thing. I definitely do that often, and figure if there’s something I miss that is that big of a deal, it would come up on Twitter or something.