Mixed experiences ...mixed feelings.
In principle ,and sometimes in practice, newsfeeds have value in that they can save time ,where regular monitoring of a particular topic is involved.
A big plus in the endproduct is that the items are ranked chronologically , the most recent postings first, dated, even by the hour.
However great care has to be taken to set up the system properly, to exclude irrelevant hits, and oh so much junk surging through the internet.
Tried several sources.
Tried TOPIXNET eg "water restrictions Melbourne" and obtained very good results.
However was annoyed by the barrage of ads.
Tried FEEDSTER .. key words " corruption" and" Latvia".. obtained some irrelevant unrelated hits.
Tried "Vladimir Putin" restricted to newsfeds only, but obtained information from blog sources as well.
Lesson learnt.
Take great care to restrict information from reputable sources eg Breaking news fron NYT etc
So much bland trivia , secondhand information cascading down everywhere!
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