Chris Messina is searching for the Noah's Ark of Syndicated Content. The problem as many are mentioning is that there are too many feeds for individuals to keep track of if they still want to have a life or at least get something done.
I couldn't agree more. I have anywhere between 120 and 150 feeds at any one time. I use our RSS reader which uses the River of News style display. I think that helps somewhat though when it's been a few days since the last check, it can feel just as overwhelming as the three-pane aggregators.
I don't have an answer to the problem though nor does anyone else that I've seen. I do think the solution lies more with the post level as opposed to the feed level. By focusing on the post, you can get to information that you need at that moment as opposed to wading through three or four posts by an author when you really just wanted the one you've seen being linked to.
Perhaps the reader could be indexing each post and start seeing which ones are added to your favorites or which ones are saved. I know a bigger problem for me than reading good posts is opening numerous tabs for later use and then I never get around to it. I don't want to shut the tabs because I might post about them or discuss them. Some server which kept those indexed and could be including in my searching or know that I was looking for something particular could be very beneficial to today's information junkie.
Posted by Josh at December 7, 2006 08:53 PM