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I think there's no sense of the word where Twitter is a new protocol. Nevermind the technical HTTP stuff (Twitter is no analog to TCP/IP, SMTP, or HTTP), it's j

• afro88 2y ago
  > This describes all websites everywhere You can't "follow" websites and get a uniform chronological feed of updates. That's partly why RSS exists, though it also doesn't give you a uniform feed of updates. That has to be constructed client side by downloading all updates for all subscribed feeds. > It also describes NNTP Which also doesn't provide a uniform feed of updates.
  • camgunz 2y ago
    > That has to be constructed client side by downloading all updates for all subscribed feeds. Either the Twitter frontend or app has to do this, because Twitter is a web API. So either Twitter isn't a new protocol or every blog, forum, etc is a new protocol, with isn't really an interesting statement. >> It also describes NNTP > Which also doesn't provide a uniform feed of updates. I'm not clear on what you mean by "uniform feed", but let me introduce you to NEWNEWS: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3977#page-64 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3977#page-64 If it helps to find middle ground, I do think the AT protocol is a new protocol. I don't necessarily think it's a good idea or an improvement on NNTP, but it at least isn't just a microblogging website.
• nailer 2y ago
  Twitter almost maps to finger (the protocol) perfectly.