One potential problem i see is that twitter has started selling access to their streaming API, which is kinda their version of PuSH. Wouldn't implementing PuSH go against their monetization strategy?
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Julien Genestoux < [email protected]> wrote: > Jason, Tyler... read the first lines of the first message: > "Please help us : http://bit.ly/hub4twitter the more people in there, the > more comments, the more we can convince *Twitter to use ours or even host > their own*. This has just been wayyyy to long." > > Obviously, using ours can be a nice proof of concept for no work (the > problems today are more EULA related than tech related) and since our hubs > are fully "open", they can export all the data at any time, if they want to > go down the route of implementing theirs. We even offer the ability of using > CNAMEs, which would make the switch to theirs (or another provider) fully > transparent. > > I think everybody wins if they decide to implement theirs or use ours : an > open protocol for realtime that Twitter wouldn't be using would still be a 3 > legged horse, no matter what. We (Superfeedr) bet on that horse, I want it > to have 4 legs. > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:45 AM, tyler gillies <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I had the same thoughts >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Jason Walniuk <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> As a casual observer to the list and fan of PuSH, I can't help but >>> wonder why on earth Twitter would want to make a small 3rd party >>> startup responsible for something they could turn around just as well >>> in a couple days. >>> >>> PuSH is dead simple. If they wanted to supported they could, very >>> easily. Considering how well they seem to be managing their stream >>> API, I would much rather have THEM manage a PuSH-based delivery option >>> as well. >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> On Mar 1, 6:03 pm, Julien Genestoux <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Hey all, >>> > >>> > I think everybody agrees that Twitter needs a hubs. We (Superfeedr) >>> want to >>> > build it. >>> > >>> > Please help us :http://bit.ly/hub4twitterthe more people in there, the >>> > more comments, the more we can convince Twitter to use ours or even >>> host >>> > their own. This has just been wayyyy to long. >>> > >>> > Any comment, question, suggestion and intro is more than welcome. We >>> can get >>> > them down this road. >>> > >>> > Julien >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Everyone Loves Tea >> http://www.everyonelovestea.com >> > > -- Everyone Loves Tea http://www.everyonelovestea.com
