I understand the problem. It's how I used to feel about Twitter feeds before I found a way of blanking them out. (I still see the header, but not the actual posting)(though in your terminology, it would still use up 'slots' if I had that problem)

I'm not quite sure what to do if a cut tag is of no use.

I have a general policy of not friending people I've never met (with a few exceptions for exceptional cases who are usually relatives of friends). Thus, filters aren't really a useful option for stuff that non-friends want to read.

I'll understand if you do decide not to read my journal - though the gardening posts will die off as the season progresses. This is the very active time of year.

I've always enjoyed reading your LARP stuff - if you'd posted it to a filter, I might never have read it and become interested.