A Little Less Conversation

I'm what they call and equal opportunity unsubscriber. There are 50 million blogs out there. Read that number again and let is simmer for a moment. 50 million. Now that, my friends, is the land of plenty. The blogosphere is loaded with options. And as a symptom of that, the curious person's RSS reader becomes packed to the gills with feeds very easily. What makes a blog "feed-worthy" varies, but one thing is for sure: negativity will have me hitting the "delete" key in a nanosecond.

My feeds serve to inform, inspire or entertain me. That's it. And there are myriad choices for this content. (Read that number above again if you're not convinced.)

But once in a while it happens. A good blog goes sour. Sometimes it's the blogger. They're "just not that into you" anymore. You can tell when blogging has become a chore for someone. It shows in the writing. The other situation is when the community takes the nose dive. One angry comment is just that, one angry isolated comment. But when the crowd turns into an angry mob I know it's time for me to move on. Yes, I unsubscribe.

With so many choices you can't be afraid to pick and choose your sources of information. By allowing myself to clear out the feeds list from time to time I've discovered new blogs, new ideas and entirely new circles of interesting people. It is both liberating and rewarding. I highly recommend it to anyone stuck in an information rut or suffering from boredom in your daily reads. Me? I'm off to go read some of my new feeds right now...