5 ms·
Facebook API Response times - Notice something missing?
- KingOfB 16y agoI don't know, like a UNIT? Check out todays response time squiggle versus yesterdays squiggle !
- revolvingcur 16y agoApparently the error and response time graphs are expressed in dimensionless units of relative suckiness.
- ntoshev 16y agoIf you are an app developer, you know what typical latency you get. This page serves its purpose: to let you know if there is something unusual. What's the big deal?
- kordless 16y agoIt's a big deal because it's showing averages for all responses. I might, on average, get crappy responses for my app, but everyone else might be getting good ones on the whole. Without a scale on the graph, I have no idea what I'm getting is "normal" or not, and may overlook something obvious, like my connection to my server, causing the issue.
- lsb 16y agoThe left side has measurements, I'd guess, of 0.5s.
- someone_here 16y agoWell then, I'd guess, their graphs are measured by aardvarks.
- yellowbkpk 16y agoWhy are we jumping on Facebook for this? Google does this all the time with e.g. their search volume graphs. Perhaps Facebook is simply trying to show relative. Admittedly, the unit on these graphs is quite important while the search volume unit isn't (as) important.
- vark 16y agoAdding a Y axis would immediately draw up hundreds of blog posts and academic papers citing it as a "benchmark", making various claims and hypotheticals about Facebook's infrastructure. Since we don't have access to the exact metric or method of measurement, the exact magnitude is arguably meaningless. Also, since this has potential for FUD and Facebook-bashing, it's in their interest to not publish raw numbers.
- whosyurdaddee 16y agoOh. my. god! There's no "Like" button on the page.....