I browse hundreds of articles from websites, RSS feeds, and social news websites each and every day. A few weeks ago, I noticed something about my web surfing habits: I skip the majority of content that is sent to my RSS reader or found on the front pages of social news websites. Even though I subscribe to each RSS feed I receive, I do not read most of the articles. There’s just too much information for me to consume. While social news websites always contain 2-3 interesting articles per day, I find myself skimming tens or hundreds of articles to find them. 

This presents several issues. First, it takes time to browse all this content. This amounts to a lot of wasted time. Second, because I’m skimming quickly, I know I’m missing good content. I’ve realized that these methods do not help me curate my information consumption. RSS feeds send me everything, and social news websites utilize a voting system which may not align with my own interests.

I believe recommendations from people who align with your interests are the best method to manage information consumption. Think about it. Facebook does this right now when your friends “like” something. People you follow on Twitter post content all the time (some interesting, some not, but that’s another post). The problem with these networks is that it’s difficult to discover content outside your initial layer of contacts (friends).

lloquy.com was created to connect people and their actions, through their content. Through web content, you can see what actions users have made, and make connections through those users to discover other users who share your interests. It’s through this discovery of people that you can create a stream of information that will hopefully be more valuable and a better return on your time.

I recommend you sign up for lloquy.com and try it. Once you have registered, check out this page to get started.