I have a cadre of feeds that I always read, but I also have many more that I only want to read when I’m very interested in a specific subject. Since these phases are loosely cyclical, I am always going back and having to refind feeds I removed the last time my interests changed.

I’d like my feed reader to be able to display feeds based on my current interests, without losing track of feeds I’ll want to return to later.

An example implementation might be give each feed a star rating and a tag, then have an interface where you can set your interest level for each tag.

The feed reader would then use this information to determine which feeds to display. This is just an example solution, the best interface should be determined the same way as all interfaces should be, through use, experimentation and refinement.

The first step in finding a solution is recognizing a problem.