Information Overload

Does RSS contribute to information overload? Well, I guess it depends on how you define 'information overload'. I feel information overload when I feel overwhelmed by the amount of data I have to sort through. The great thing about RSS is that it allows to you to filter items that are of interest to you. You only get items that you ask to get.

However, just like my TiVo, I watch/read WAY more stuff than I used to because it is so much more efficient for me to do so. RSS acts as the dam to information overload, however I'm allowing continuously more through as I find things that are meaningfully interesting to me.

While I think it can be argued that RSS both mitigates and aggravates the problem of information overload, I certainly feel better informed because of it.