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How many RSS feeds do you read?

By Mauricio Freitas, in , posted: 20-OCT-2006 12:26

I keep saying that my job is reading, more than writing. Some people don't believe me, so this is a screenshot that says it all... Check the number of articles read on my aggregator (NewsGator Enterprise Server) in the last 11 months:



Quite a number, isn't it? Currently I am on my all time low number of subscribed feeds, at 309. This number was up to 600 a few months back, but I have been trimming the subscriptions, removing stuff that is no longer interesting, or feeds that have not been updated in the last few months.

What about you? Do you subscribe to RSS feeds, or rather to visit each of your favourite sites, every day?





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Comment by dm2000, on 20-OCT-2006 14:24

Damn. Do you read them all? If it was me, I'd shoot my computer. Failing that I'd run it over


Author's note by freitasm, on 20-OCT-2006 16:22

Yes, but remember the numbers shown are the numbers of articles downloaded and read throughout an 11 month period.


 


Comment by asafs, on 20-OCT-2006 19:53

I definetaly prefer reading the feeds rather than go through each site - it is a much more efficient way of getting updated info and data. I have thousands of sites on my favourites -- obviously no one can go through thousands of sites at least once a week, unless he doesn't have a life....


Comment by Crazy_Tiger, on 24-OCT-2006 15:21

That's way more than what I have. I subscribe to the feeds and read it in Newsgator too. I find it more efficient that way. And especially if you have crazy numbers like you do. At the moment I'm subscribed to about 121 feeds but can't go through them all. I try to catch up during weekends and I get somewhere close to about 70% of it but not quite there yet. Quite impressive of you that you finish them all.

Some of the regular ones I read are the News, few Wellington blogs (incl. Geekzone of course) and some fun stuff like Digg. That pretty much consumes my evening. Rest of the stuff is for the weekends.


Author's note by freitasm, on 24-OCT-2006 20:01

I read all my feeds every day. About 4 hours a day of reading, in between posting, replying to e-mails, etc...


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