Methods and systems of managing automated feed retrieval systems may involve determining an inactivity period with respect to a feed source, and identifying a user time-out threshold corresponding to the feed source. In addition, a re-subscription prompt may be generated if the inactivity period exceeds the user time-out threshold. In one example, a user may be unsubscribed from the feed source if a confirmation response to the re-subscription prompt is not received from the user. Moreover, data retrieval from the feed source can be discontinued if the feed source lacks any remaining subscribers in the automated feed retrieval system.