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First question i always have - what's the feed refresh frequency? For me (a journalist who needs keeps very close tabs on hundreds of sites), the only feed reader so far that's been of acceptable speed is Newsblur (i believe the refresh rate is 5 minutes), and I'd happily pay more for faster.

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Love this question. It's 5 minutes to start with, but it gradually backs off based on a few things, like average time between the most recent items in the feed.

Also right now due to the HN rush our worker queue's a little backed up, but it'll catch up soon enough.

Thanks for the reply, will certainly check it out.

>[I'm] a journalist who needs keeps very close tabs on hundreds of sites [where news that is more than 5 minutes old is sometimes too old]

Your job would quickly make me crazy. I shudder to imagine my getting so up close and personal with the Great Firehose. Take care of yourself!

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