> I keep only the top N items in the latest version of the feed; everything else are dropped. For a fast moving feed, if the users don't read soon enough some i

> I keep only the top N items in the latest version of the feed; everything else are dropped. For a fast moving feed, if the users don't read soon enough some items will be missed. I completely dislike this behavior. I saw this on Ars Technica some years ago, where it was said that only the most recent 20 items (?) would be in the feed. Ars can be a fast changing site, and since full text feeds are a paid privilege, I thought it was a disservice to paying users not to have the ability not to miss out on something just because they were busy with something else for a day or two.