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Stephen Downes

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This five-year post from Cory Dopctorow is getting a lot of traction, and I sort of see why, though I don't know why the Canadian nickel is copper coloured and there's a lot of A-lister name dropping. Still, I see the point of focusing your reading on who you follow and not who is recommended by the algorithm. I've never used alerts and notifications, so my attention stays pretty uninterrupted. I use RSS extensively and focus on finding people and topics that are of interest to me. I keep negative and distracting voices out of my head. Would this work for everyone? I can't say; for some people the fear of missing out (FOMO) is dtrong, and we need those people, so we can find out what's going on.

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