I keep pruning, but I haven't been able to get away, partly because I read things that never show up anywhere else, plus it's still the most efficient mechanism

I keep pruning, but I haven't been able to get away, partly because I read things that never show up anywhere else, plus it's still the most efficient mechanism of consuming information, at least for me, since you can crunch through full text posts in one location. That said, other sources, notably Friendfeed and aggregators have resulted in the removal of all feeds where the good stories end up bubbling to the top there.