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I for one can also confirm that the 10-post issue has been fixed which is really great but I can also tell you that I have a few topics that have several popular feeds that are not behaving as I would hope. One example is I have a topic that features 14 feeds, namely Engadget, Wired Gadgets, Geekologie, Gizmodo Australia, Boing Boing Gadgets, Personal Technology, Engadget HD, Download Squad, Popgadget, Cool Tools, Joystiq, Screen Play, PS3 Fanboy, Kotaku Australia. These are all very popular and yet the frequency that I get any posts is shocking. Yes I had a few come through recently on June 4 but the last lot before that was on May 18. I could give other examples of Topics that are behaving in much the same way but this is the one that bugs me the most. I am eager to hear comments and suggestions on this.

I have been using several Topics for several days now, I feel exactly the same as these guys. Am I missing the point here? Why would anyone bother with Topics? If this is a known issue then why not be upfront and explain the limitations as well as when, in your opinion, it would be appropriate to use and what the users expectations can be. I can also vouch for a maximum of 10 posts at a time coming through my topics irrespective of how many feeds are within it or what type of content filtering I have selected.

In short it seems to partially work now. I managed to subscribe to all the feeds although, for the most part I could only do so via the page that has all my topics listed, but not from the topic pages themselves. In terms of posts coming through, there is hardly feeds actually bringing me any content and any that are active in someway certainly don't yield results daily. – donkeykong, on April 30, 2009 11:40

I am still having issues as well. Oddly a couple of topic feeds, that allowed me to subscribe to them, have worked a couple of times, but other than that it is very clear that in large the same issues I originally reported still remain. Given that this service is free I am trying to do my best to be patient but it is incredible frustrating.

Thanks. I look forward to being notified as to the issue being resolved.

If they are not planning to do a full blown iPhone app I would like to hope they may consider doing an iPhone optimised version of the website.