RSS can make things both overwhelming and easy. Sometimes RSS is the quickest way to get just want you want…and sometimes it pulls together way too much information to give any one item your full attention. To use or not to use RSS is more of a personal preference and a personal experience. For me, RSS is dangerously close to crossing the line from convenient into overwhelming.
RSS is fast, up to date and customized. RSS can save time. No need to visit each site individually and manually search for information. RSS does the work for you by gathering, sorting and organizing feeds in one space through the power of automation ;-)
RSS is powerful but it can be overwhelming for some users, especially new users (I can just picture my mom trying to set one up…). I think some users – myself included – may find Google Reader, Bloglines, etc just too confusing to navigate or manage thus missing many articles they would have liked to see. Also, sometimes the need exists to navigate away from the reader to view a full-length article which can negate the convenience of having everything condensed on one page. This begs the question why not just surf the web…and surfing the web is much more enjoyable to me than these readers! Plus, on the web I’m always free to click around and wander to sites I may not have discovered yet. RSS is sort of like a wet blanket as there’s little freedom to explore when specific information appears in stringent fashion.
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