On: Google Reader reader? Would you find this service...

[seltzered]

honestly, There are some feeds that I wish I could leave always as "mark all as read" - i.e. nyt front page feed, seeking alpha rss, etc.

I recently instead made a personal rule to just use google reader for blogs that don't post heavily, usually ones curated by a single person.

[Sukotto → seltzered]

Having too many feeds is just like having too much physical stuff in your life. I went through my list and paired it down to 100 (from about 300).

That's still too many and I plan to cut it down even more... but it's a weight off my mind to just let all of them go.

A good place to start when pruning your feeds is the "trends" page. http://www.google.com/reader/view/#trends-page

[etm117 → seltzered]

I agree with that sentiment. Every few months when I have some down time, I go through each feed and toss ones that are posting too much. It also allows me to toss ones that I added because they had an interesting post 3 months ago, but had crummy follow-up posts that just clog up reader since I do not read them.