diff --git a/resources/chatbot/example_config.json b/resources/chatbot/example_config.json
--- a/resources/chatbot/example_config.json
+++ b/resources/chatbot/example_config.json
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
   "macro.size" : 48,
   "macro.aspect" : 0.66,
 
-  "notification.channels" : ["#phabot-test"]
+  "notification.channels" : ["#phabot-test"],
+  "notification.verbosity" : 0
 }
diff --git a/src/docs/tech/chatbot.diviner b/src/docs/tech/chatbot.diviner
--- a/src/docs/tech/chatbot.diviner
+++ b/src/docs/tech/chatbot.diviner
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
     bot.
   - ##conduit.uri##, ##conduit.user##, ##conduit.cert## Conduit configuration,
     see below.
-  - ##notification.channels## Notification configuration, see below.
+  - ##notification.channels##, ##notification.verbosity## Notification
+    configuration, see below.
 
 = Handlers =
 
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@
     up, and says their name with a link to the object. Requires conduit.
   - @{class:PhabricatorBotFeedNotificationHandler} This handler posts
     notifications about changes to revisions to the channels listed in
-    ##notification.channels##.
+    ##notification.channels##. The verbosity of output is controlled by
+    ##notification.verbosity##. 3 is off, 0 is minimal. 1 and 2 increase output
+    respectively.
   - @{class:PhabricatorBotLogHandler} This handler records chatlogs which can
     be browsed in the Phabricator web interface.
   - @{class:PhabricatorBotSymbolHandler} This handler posts responses to lookups
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/daemon/bot/handler/PhabricatorBotFeedNotificationHandler.php b/src/infrastructure/daemon/bot/handler/PhabricatorBotFeedNotificationHandler.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/daemon/bot/handler/PhabricatorBotFeedNotificationHandler.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/daemon/bot/handler/PhabricatorBotFeedNotificationHandler.php
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@
 
     $last_seen_chrono_key = $this->lastSeenChronoKey;
     $chrono_key_cursor = 0;
-
+    $message_counter = 0;
     // Not efficient but works due to feed.query API
     for ($max_pages = $config_max_pages; $max_pages > 0; $max_pages--) {
       $stories = $this->getConduit()->callMethodSynchronous(
         'feed.query',
         array(
           'limit' => $config_page_size,
-          'after' => $chrono_key_cursor,
+          'before' => $chrono_key_cursor,
           'view' => 'text',
         ));
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
           $message .= ' '.$objects[$story['objectPHID']]['uri'];
         }
 
-        $channels = $this->getConfig('join');
+        $channels = $this->getConfig('notification.channels');
         foreach ($channels as $channel_name) {
 
           $channel = id(new PhabricatorBotChannel())
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
             ->setCommand('MESSAGE')
             ->setTarget($channel)
             ->setBody($message));
+          usleep($message_counter++ * 50000);
         }
       }
     }