<p>Thinking about it further, the deterministic string solution sounds like it would both be simple for the user and simple to code : you just need (de)serialize_userids() functions and a hook for the feed. It even saves you a trip to the db to fetch the list of friends :p</p>
<p>Of course there's still the drawback that the list is static, but I feel it is acceptable, and you could reflect that in the feed name.</p>
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