I think the best approach is to separate between frequent and rare actions. Frequent actions like cut, copy, and paste usually have recognizable icons that allow people to scan them easily when in need. Rare actions should use text only to prevent noise. Having an icon (which is most likely not as recognizable as the frequent actions) won't help
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Information overload.
My current side project is https://feedsub.com. Right now, - it's not great - I started by building an simple tool for getting regular updates from RSS feeds, but longer-term I want to turn this into a system which can absorb all the data streams you're interested in (news, stocks, weather, social, communities) and give you dials (filters, curation, signals, etc..) to surface a healthy amount wherever you want (SMS, email, web, RSS, chatbots, etc..).
The crux of the problem is endless scrolling feeds we're sucked into 24/7, which is why I based my MVP on email.
My current solution is trivial on a technical level. Honestly, my biggest problem is thinking about the problem on a non-technical level, balancing this with working life and branding, since my software and vision are very far apart right now.
(TBH, this isn't nearly as hard a problem as some of the others here - but I enjoy the ideas/feedback I get from communities like HN)
Hmm, not sure how I feel about that YouTube "Skip the sub box!" feature. As subscribing to channels means you are supporting their effort for making contents you like