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  How do you use social media efficiently when every feed is designed to keep you scrolling?

  I mainly use X, Reddit, LinkedIn, and YouTube to follow industry news, discover useful ideas, and keep up with people in my field.

  The problem is that nearly every platform now revolves around a recommendation feed optimized for engagement, not necessarily for showing me what is most useful. Even after carefully choosing who to follow, I still spend far more time filtering repetitive, irrelevant, or low-value posts than actually finding something worth reading.

  Sometimes I’ll scroll for 30 minutes and come away with only one or two useful posts.

  I’ve tried unfollowing aggressively, muting keywords, creating lists, using “save for later,” and setting time limits. These help a little, but they don’t really solve the discovery problem. A purely chronological feed reduces some noise, but it can also make it harder to discover valuable people or emerging conversations outside my existing network.

  For those of you who use social media mainly for work, research, or staying informed:

  • What workflow has actually reduced the amount of time you spend filtering?
  • Do you use custom lists, RSS, aggregators, newsletters, browser extensions, or AI-based filtering?
  • Do you check platforms only at scheduled times?
  • Have you found a good balance between avoiding algorithmic noise and still discovering useful new content?

  I’d especially like to hear about methods you’ve used consistently—not just general advice like “set a screen-time limit.”

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