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Mind if I ask which Pipe that was?

• kingsley_20 17y ago
  The "social media firehose": http://pipes.yahoo.com/update_maker/social_media_fire_hose http://pipes.yahoo.com/update_maker/social_media_fire_hose . It's usually listed in the popular listings in the top-3 as "Update Maker", a sub-pipe now, but was my first pipe. The pipe times out pretty much most of the time these days. Sigh - another indication of Y!'s platform commitment.
  • villageidiot 17y ago
    Why did you ask their permission? Couldn't you just use the data from that Pipe in an app without asking them?
    • kingsley_20 17y ago
      the performance didnt live up to the demand -timeouts and 503s were frequent when users subscribed to the feeds. I needed a plan for scaling and success and i wanted to pay.
      • villageidiot 17y ago
        I'm surprised to hear they weren't giving Pipes enough horsepower. But maybe it's a different story when a Pipe was as popular as yours. Still, your Pipe has only had 500,000 runs in over a year. They should be able to handle that many calls in a week.