Why I use RSS instead of social networks

With all the hubbub over Google Reader the past few days, I've had people asking me about why RSS is such a big deal to me.  So I wrote this.

My attention and ability to manage many tabs are limited resources.  I don't want to give those resources away based on a mere headline or a few words from someone I'm following on Twitter.

RSS beats social networks. It’s all about the “J”
Here’s why I use RSS I have over 200 sites I follow. Many of them are “just” curation sites, but the majority of them produce original content. This doesn’t mean I want to read every article from ……

Originally posted on Google+ · March 16, 2013

  1. Let's say the 24,000,000 spent on the anchor's salary was invested in a pool of top notch investigative reporters. THEN I would be able to read fewer feeds.

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