[gnoupi]

Google Reader allows me to mix high traffic and "I don't want to miss anything" sites.

I make extensive use of tags, and put my "not to miss" feeds under a "favorite" tag, that I always read. 2-3 other tags I read all from as well.

And the rest (including HN), I only read in "All items", sorted by "magic". That way, I know I will see if something big happened on these sites (it's sorted mostly by the amount of "+1", I think) in priority, and the rest, maybe later.

Then, during the weekend (slow update days), I purge all Google Reader, prepared for Monday, and it goes for another week.

That's the most effective way I've found to follow tech and gaming news, since I started. It's a good compromise in my opinion, since many of my "favorite" feeds are not really popular or likely to appear on Reddit or HN.