diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index 2f765ae9..45b78a02 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "type": "tildefriends-app",
   "emoji": "🐌",
-  "previous": "&qvm+scemENl4DobpOoh/UyILGvvx5NbcPJKTU3CswSE=.sha256"
+  "previous": "&tx4iQew0sHvZW3YAEx8y2Qr8m+MhoNdxs/5+1Rx4s7Y=.sha256"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
index 95621567..118a13ac 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 		let whoami = this.whoami;
 		let tags = this.load_recent_tags();
 		let following = await tfrpc.rpc.following([whoami], 2);
-		console.log(following);
 		let users = {};
+		let by_count = [];
 		for (let [id, v] of Object.entries(following)) {
 			users[id] = {
 				following: v.of,
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 				followed: v.if,
 				blocked: v.ib,
 			};
+			by_count.push({count: v.of, id: id});
 		}
+		console.log(by_count.sort((x, y) => y.count - x.count).slice(0, 20));
 		users = await this.fetch_about(Object.keys(following).sort(), users);
 		this.following = Object.keys(following);
 		this.users = users;
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
index c658a6c2..16d94277 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
@@ -65,34 +65,39 @@ class TfTabNewsFeedElement extends LitElement {
 					this.hash.substring(1),
 				]);
 		} else {
-			return await tfrpc.rpc.query(
-				`
-					WITH news AS (SELECT messages.*
-					FROM messages
-					JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON messages.author = following.value
-					WHERE messages.timestamp > ? AND messages.timestamp < ?
-					ORDER BY messages.timestamp DESC)
-					SELECT messages.*
-						FROM news
-						JOIN messages_refs ON news.id = messages_refs.ref
-						JOIN messages ON messages_refs.message = messages.id
-					UNION
-					SELECT messages.*
-						FROM news
-						JOIN messages_refs ON news.id = messages_refs.message
-						JOIN messages ON messages_refs.ref = messages.id
-					UNION
-					SELECT news.* FROM news
-				`,
-				[
-					JSON.stringify(this.following),
-					this.start_time,
-					/*
-					** Don't show messages more than a day into the future to prevent
-					** messages with far-future timestamps from staying at the top forever.
-					*/
-					new Date().valueOf() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
-				]);
+			let messages = [];
+			const k_following_limit = 2048;
+			for (let i = 0; i < this.following.length; i += k_following_limit) {
+				messages = messages.concat(await tfrpc.rpc.query(
+					`
+						WITH news AS (SELECT messages.*
+						FROM messages
+						JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON messages.author = following.value
+						WHERE messages.timestamp > ? AND messages.timestamp < ?
+						ORDER BY messages.timestamp DESC)
+						SELECT messages.*
+							FROM news
+							JOIN messages_refs ON news.id = messages_refs.ref
+							JOIN messages ON messages_refs.message = messages.id
+						UNION
+						SELECT messages.*
+							FROM news
+							JOIN messages_refs ON news.id = messages_refs.message
+							JOIN messages ON messages_refs.ref = messages.id
+						UNION
+						SELECT news.* FROM news
+					`,
+					[
+						JSON.stringify(this.following.slice(i, i + k_following_limit)),
+						this.start_time,
+						/*
+						** Don't show messages more than a day into the future to prevent
+						** messages with far-future timestamps from staying at the top forever.
+						*/
+						new Date().valueOf() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+					]));
+			}
+			return messages;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ class TfTabNewsFeedElement extends LitElement {
 	}
 
 	async decrypt(messages) {
+		console.log('decrypt');
 		let result = [];
 		for (let message of messages) {
 			let content;
@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ class TfTabNewsFeedElement extends LitElement {
 		if (!this.messages ||
 			this._messages_hash !== this.hash ||
 			this._messages_following !== this.following) {
-			console.log(`loading messages for ${this.whoami}`);
+			console.log(`loading messages for ${this.whoami} (following ${this.following.length})`);
 			let self = this;
 			this.messages = [];
 			this._messages_hash = this.hash;