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Please, provide a source as a proof that "Platforms like Facebook already use protocols like this for their content propagation". > It is not. Also, Websub doe

by antpls 8y ago

Please, provide a source as a proof that "Platforms like Facebook already use protocols like this for their content propagation". > It is not. Also, Websub does not change anything for clients just directly fetching the RSS feed Indeed, it simply adds a middleman between the content producer and the final consumer.

onli 8y ago
> Indeed, it simply adds a middleman between the content producer and the final consumer. No, it does not, not for the clients you seem to think about. The regular RSS feed does not vanish. For platforms like facebook using schemes like this, see https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Facebook-implement-PubSubHubbub-as-a-Subscriber https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Facebook-implement-PubSubHu... and https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/webhooks https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/webhooks
- antpls 8y ago
  In the same very quora response : "Additionally, the fact that PubSubHubbub requires applications to have a server endpoint makes it difficult for desktop and mobile clients to implement." That's fine, you precised it would be used between servers. But it limits the "openness" of the concept imho
  - onli 8y ago
    It limits the applicability of the concept, sure. But I would not call that openness. It is not like there is a proprietary element or something that hides information from clients, it is just an enhancement that works only in a specific situation.
    - antpls 8y ago
      Fair enough