I scan the RSS feed, ignore the dupes from HN, reject the political stuff, and glance over the remaining tech headlines. Of the three that might appeal to me,

I scan the RSS feed, ignore the dupes from HN, reject the political stuff, and glance over the remaining tech headlines. Of the three that might appeal to me, I read the abstracts, and occasionally follow the links to the original articles. I ignore the comments because I never log in anymore. The only ad I might see is in the upper right. The new design seems to confirm that I'm not alone.