But how much simpler does it need to be? The streaming API is dead simple. I implemented what seems to be a full client with delete, limit and backoff in parts of two working days. Honestly I think it took me longer to write a working PubSubHubbub subscriber client than it did a Twitter Streaming API client.
It would be nice if the world was full of free data and universal standards, but if it ain't broke, and it's already invested in, why fix it? ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 Google Voice ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Julien <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed, > > On Mar 1, 5:23 pm, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <[email protected]> wrote: >> In light of today's announcement, I'm not sure what the benefits of a >> "middleman" would be. >> >> http://blog.twitter.com/2010/03/enabling-rush-of-innovation.html >> >> Can you clarify >> >> a. How much it would cost me to get Twitter data from you via >> PubSubHubbub vs. getting the feeds directly from Twitter? > Free, obviously... as with the use of any hub we host! > >> b. What benefits there are to acquiring Twitter data via PubSubHubbub >> over direct access? > Much simpler to deal with than a specific streaming Twitter API, > specifically if your app has already implemented the protocol for > Identica, Buzz, Tumblr, sixapart, posterous, google reader... it's all > about "standards". > > > > >> >> On Mar 1, 3:08 pm, Julien <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Ola! >> >> > I know this s some kind of recurring topic for this mailing list. I >> > know all the heat around it, but I think that Twitter's new strategy >> > concerning their firehose is a good occasion to push them to implement >> > the PubSubHubbub protocol. >> >> > Superfeedr makes RSS feeds realtime. We host hubs for several big >> > publishers, including Tumblr, Posterous, HuffingtonPost, Gawker and >> > several others. >> >> > We want to make one for Twitter. Help us assessing the need and >> > convince Twitter they need one (hosted by us or even them, if they'd >> > rather go down that route) : >> >> >http://bit.ly/hub4twitter >> >> > Any comment/suggestion is more than welcome. >
