http://simonwillison.net/2009-09-10T15:49:15+00:00Simon Willison2009-09-10T15:49:15+00:002009-09-10T15:49:15+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Sep/10/rsscloud/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/09/rsscloud-vs-pubsubhubbub-why-the-fat-pings-win/">RSSCloud Vs. PubSubHubbub: Why The Fat Pings Win</a></strong></p> A PubSubHubbub advocate explains the differences between the two proposals: most importantly, PubSubHubbub includes the actual new content with the “fat ping” whereas RSSCloud just notifies you that you should poll the RSS feed, leading to a potential thundering herd. I’m still hoping one of those specs will detail a way in which they can be used for scalable regular WebHook-style notifications without any feed infrastructure at all. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dogpile">dogpile</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pubsubhubbub">pubsubhubbub</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rsscloud">rsscloud</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/webhooks">webhooks</a></p>