[twitter-dev] Is the spritzer supposed to be as fast as the datamining feed?

2009-05-25 Thread Twittledee
Hello: In an answer to a different question in this group, Doug said that the spritzer was supposed to be as fast as the datamining feed. Is that right? We only get 5.3 msg/sec on avg. for the spritzer. If this is right, then we are only getting half the speed we should be ... and I will have to

[twitter-dev] Re: The Gardenhose Cooperative

2009-07-23 Thread Twittledee
So, I actually think that this is a very interesting idea ... but I would turn it around a little and ask: Would people be interested in creating a peer-to-peer network ala bit torrent for access to tweets? The idea is that we would create a point system where you make data available and you