If we are going to move forward into the era of the Real-Time web, we need to be setting examples of how different companies/sites can work together with event-

If we are going to move forward into the era of the Real-Time web, we need to be setting examples of how different companies/sites can work together with event-based messaging/notifications. I wouldn't call the current hook into HN a good example to set, though. It's a specific hack to allow notifo access, rather than a step towards generic collaboration. Note that I don't have a problem with it - it's pragmatic and useful. But I don't see it as a step forward.