This is the one bug keeping me from upgrading to pro and I’ve reported a few times. It occurs on both the web and on Android.
My main way of reading feeds is in Focus mode using All Stories (sorted by unread and oldest).
When I first start going through my feeds, I can read them five at a time then have to reload. Eventually I can only read four before I have to reload. After a while this becomes three, then two, then just one, then none - zero stories load when I hit reload even though I have 100+ unread stories in Focus mode (see the screenshot below).
Considering this is the main way I use the app, the bug is infuriating. I’ve been waiting to see it get fixed before upgrading.
Actually. I believe this bug is related to not being a paid user. The focus tab does not pull the focused stories out of the feeds, rather it hides non-focused articles. Since the unpaid version of the site doesn’t allow for the “river of news,” it only shows the newest 5 articles. If there are no focused stories in the first five, it shows nothing. This also explains your five-three-two-one-zero situation.
That sorta makes sense, but it’s a bummer if true. Not so much because I can’t use NewsBlur the way I want, but because nowhere does it say this functionality is crippled without upgrading.
If it’s confirmed that’s the cause I’ll definitely upgrade.
Yes, I did of course see that. But even with that message, the decreasing number of articles is totally unexpected. To a person who doesn’t have the explanation above, it just looks like a bug.