Ibuildproducts
Ibuildproducts

Content overload ๐Ÿงพ - Do you also save links in bookmarks to never read them?

This has been happening for quite sometime - I have posts/reels ๐Ÿงพ on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Chrome bookmarks ๐Ÿ“Œ with the hope of going thru them sometime. However, next day new content comes, save them again, and never open them. The cycle repeats ๐Ÿ”ƒ.

Does this happen to many?? ๐Ÿค” Has anyone found a solution to this? ๐Ÿค”

7mo ago
Elon_Musk
Elon_Musk

Failing in doing this for over a decade now and now it's gotten even harder

Ibuildproducts
Ibuildproducts

True ... i am also curious if there is a simple technical solution to this

One way is to schedule time to read but that is never enough to clear backlog. Also very difficult to find relevant links in times of need

Kamlesh
Kamlesh

Try my simple solution. Not saving bookmarks at all.

If it's really a useful resource, you'll put it to use right away. If it's not, no point saving it. Plus you can always search for it later if you need it.

Better to have multiple open tabs instead of bookmarks, but they need to be cleaned up once a week too if you start going above 10-15.

Neo69
Neo69

After struggling with this for a while, I've come to realize that maybe there isn't a definitive solution to this problem, and you know what? That's okay. It's fine for it to be that way.

See, the thing about the internet is that it's constantly evolving and churning out new content faster than we can consume it.

HangTheDJ
HangTheDJ
Cred7mo

Try Matter Great app for read/view it later

Ibuildproducts
Ibuildproducts

thanks... looks good ... but not available for Android

HangTheDJ
HangTheDJ
Cred7mo

Try alternatives Instapaper and others I mean the point is not to look everywhere when you want to read or feel like reading The more collated the list the better

RealMichaelScott
RealMichaelScott

Yes I do this. So what I do is bookmark any post I like 5 days, and on Saturdays and Sundays I go back and view them.

Read the ones I think are worth reading and leave the rest.

Ibuildproducts
Ibuildproducts

great! Bringing that discipline is difficult imo ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜„

Rhombus
Rhombus

Exactly last week, I was going through saved posts of Instagram and realised I've been saving many since 2017.

Cleared for a year or two's saved posts, went to bed tired.

Rhombus
Rhombus

Solution: Decided not to save anymore

Rhombus
Rhombus

While clearing, I noted down only important ones and unsaved after filtration

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