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If you’ve spent a prolonged period of time on a networking site, you probably have a good idea of who the major players are in that community, as well as those that contribute meaningful content, participate actively in discussions, or post attractive vacation photos of themselves, depending on what you’re into. This means that if you scan through your friend list, you’re more likely to recall the contacts that are most meaningful to you because you’ve spent the most time looking at their updates and name. If you don’t recognize someone, take a look at a few of their previous posts and see if any ring a bell. If none do, this individual may be contributing to the noise rather than the signal.

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As the number of social networks and services increases daily, it’s aggregation tools like Secondbrain that will make the internet navigable.

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Fortunately, the solution is simple, albeit time-consuming: take a few minutes to unfollow any individuals that repeatedly send the exact same message to a number of services.

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