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I think this is kind of abusive of FB's infrastructure TBH. It must be hard to keep real-time messaging up for ... okay, I was going to say for 1 billion users

I think this is kind of abusive of FB's infrastructure TBH. It must be hard to keep real-time messaging up for ... okay, I was going to say for 1 billion users, looked it up and it's 1.3 billion monthly actives - 890 million daily actives (Jan 2014 figure). So tell you what, on second thought I think they can handle your data. however there's a good chance you'll cause some infrastructure problems since I'm sure there are assumptions baked in, regarding how often a user will send new messages, queuing, caching, etc. so I'm still not totally sure how I feel about this. at the end of the day FB is just a php script. i wouldn't be surprised if you break it.

icelancer 12y ago
> at the end of the day FB is just a php script Facebook Chat isn't. It's primarily Erlang/C++. https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=14218138919 https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=14218138919
- toast0 12y ago
  Facebook chat stopped being Erlang quite some time ago.
- logicallee 12y ago
  "FB is just a php script" was just a joke :)
ForHackernews 12y ago
Maybe if it becomes popular, it'll make facebook rethink wanting to store everyone's messages until the end of time.
- im3w1l 12y ago
  Or limit how much data you can send over chat. Say max 10 bytes per second sustained (higher burst) allowed. Should be enough for normal chat, while limiting infrastructure problems.
- sitkack 12y ago
  If facebook can see this traffic, they would love it, not discourage it.
  - ForHackernews 12y ago
    I think a good implementation of this would encrypt the traffic between the proxy server and the client.
- kudu 12y ago
  Hahahah nope.
jacquesm 12y ago
It's one of the more useful ways facebook infrastructure is put to work.
kudu 12y ago
I totally support this "abuse" of their infrastructure if it makes them realize that giving free access to their own social network via Internet.org isn't a charitable endeavour.
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icelancer 12y ago

> at the end of the day FB is just a php script Facebook Chat isn't. It's primarily Erlang/C++. https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=14218138919 https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=14218138919

toast0 12y ago
Facebook chat stopped being Erlang quite some time ago.
logicallee 12y ago
"FB is just a php script" was just a joke :)

ForHackernews 12y ago

Maybe if it becomes popular, it'll make facebook rethink wanting to store everyone's messages until the end of time.

im3w1l 12y ago
Or limit how much data you can send over chat. Say max 10 bytes per second sustained (higher burst) allowed. Should be enough for normal chat, while limiting infrastructure problems.
sitkack 12y ago
If facebook can see this traffic, they would love it, not discourage it.
- ForHackernews 12y ago
  I think a good implementation of this would encrypt the traffic between the proxy server and the client.
kudu 12y ago
Hahahah nope.

jacquesm 12y ago

It's one of the more useful ways facebook infrastructure is put to work.

kudu 12y ago

I totally support this "abuse" of their infrastructure if it makes them realize that giving free access to their own social network via Internet.org isn't a charitable endeavour.

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