But the battle of RSS filtering doesn't end with Google Reader either. Perhaps not as apparent, but both
Twitter and
FriendFeed are slowly becoming people's preferred method of getting news. Why read through hundreds of unread, unranked items just to stay on top of the news? If it's any good, you'll hear it on Twitter or see it shared on FriendFeed. Some users are even positioning themselves as "human information filters," on these services, something our newest ReadWriteWeb contributor,
Corvida, discussed not to long ago on her personal site. These highly active users (yes
Scoble and
Louis come to mind) are good friends to have on the service since they'll constantly be posting and filtering the best stuff for you.
