Well, I don't know what others do, but this is what I do.
I assign different "scores" (hotness degrees?) to some of my 好友, who I care most, so they will appear on the first page when I click the 好友 button (but this is only for me to see, so no one's feeling is hurt, I guess). Then, I can easily check if these 好友 have written any new Blog articles that are interesting to me. Try it.