Why You Should Clean Up Your Feed
I don’t know how many people share my habit, but I subscribe to a whole bunch of content sources regardless of whether they’re useful or not, then wait for update notifications before assessing whether the overall quality is worth subscribing to, and decide whether to keep or unfollow.
This article mainly explains how hard it is for creators:
1 High-quality writing requires both real-life experience and strong writing skills, and people who have both are rare as hen’s teeth.
2 Writing demands a lot of time for reflection and organization, with no shortcuts. But creators are often forced to publish frequently, so most of their content is just so-so…
3 Most writing chases influence rather than insight, so a lot of content isn’t very reliable. That’s why the more comprehensive a media platform is, the less trustworthy it tends to be—because it has the biggest incentive to play for clicks.
That’s also why I switched from news media to primarily using RSS to subscribe to personal blogs.