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I have noticed a tendency of mine which sort of frustrates me.<\/p>\n

The Internet is a large cesspool of information, but I really only dip my toes in a few fetid pools on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

These days I rarely visit websites, instead reading their content via an RSS feed. It’s very convenient and stream-lined, but it kind of bothers me as well.<\/p>\n

I’m not bothered by feeds of the personal blogs I read, as these are usually the thoughts of a single individual that I have chosen to read.<\/p>\n

It’s the feeds I get that are basically selecting and aggregating content that might be interesting to me that make me feel I am intentionally narrowing down my window to the world. I am bothered by my reliance on sites like BoingBoing<\/a> and MetaFilter<\/a>. Granted, I often find about 15-20% of the stories\/links they provide or feature of some interest.<\/p>\n

But what am I missing? My web surfing behavior has become more passive with my usage of RSS feeds. I’m having all this content pushed downstream by other people, doing less of my own heavy lifting.<\/p>\n

How did I used to do it? It seems like a distant memory to me now. I guess when I wanted to learn about a topic, I searched for it, and browsed a few sites for information. I probably spent less time on the web back then.<\/p>\n

Now there is a constant stream of content I subscribe to, yet paradoxically I feel like my interaction with the Internet is more restrictive.<\/p>\n

It makes me want to sign up with a Welsh message board<\/a> and start talking about goat farming. Let’s talk about goats, baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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