removed timeline endless scrolling; now only shows 20 latest statuses. this is temporary; i plan to add pagination soon.

app/controllers/statuses_controller.rb

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ end
   end
   def timeline
     @statuses = Status.includes(:user, :icon_attachment)
-                      .order(created_at: :desc)
+                      .order(created_at: :desc).limit(20)
   end
   private
 

app/views/statuses/timeline.html.erb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <div class="timeline">
 <h1>Recent Statuses</h1>
+Showing the 20 most recent statuses.<hr>
 <% @statuses.each do |status| %>           <p>
         <%= link_to "##{status.user.login}", user_path(status.user) %> said...
     <br>