[WorldMaker]

> Even so, there is still "noise" in that you'll see the same article surface multiple times

For a while that was my benchmark for what was worth reading if I saw an article surface more than once it was possible of interest to multiple circles of interests rather than one, and likely worth the time to read. Of course, that was the time before sites like Buzzfeed/Upworthy and the general expansion of a culture of writing articles specifically for reshare virality.

[alsetmusic]

> For a while that was my benchmark for what was worth reading if I saw an article surface more than once it was possible of interest to multiple circles of interests rather than one, and likely worth the time to read.

There was a clever RSS reader that worked on this principle. Sadly, it is no longer being developed.

https://feedafever.com