I agree, to a certain extent, but mostly for the initial load. I remember reading an interesting article about how twitter does exactly this with "time to first

I agree, to a certain extent, but mostly for the initial load. I remember reading an interesting article about how twitter does exactly this with "time to first tweet" being the defining metric. Beyond that, I think stateless services/web sockets/DOM-manipulation would best serve users who have a need for real-time updates and dynamic content. For reference: https://blog.alexmaccaw.com/time-to-first-tweet https://blog.alexmaccaw.com/time-to-first-tweet