RSStress. On the Scalability of Feeds & Aggregators “The
increase in the number of feeds will leave many users frustrated, as
there is a limit to the number feeds one can scan and read. Current
numbers suggest that readers can handle 150-200 feeds without too much
stress. But users will want to read more and more as new interesting
feeds become available and they run into the limitations of the
metaphor of current aggregator applications. The current central
abstract of aggregators is that of a feed, and there is a limit to how
many individual feeds one can actually handle. Aggregators will need to
find ways in which the users can be subscribed to a select set of feeds
because they want to read everything that comes from these feeds, but
also subscribe to a much larger set of publishers for which the feed
abstraction may not be the right metaphor. Aggregation, fusion and
selection at the information item level instead of at the feed level
seems to be a first abstractions to investigation. ” [All Things Distributed, via del.icio.us/rss]
I’m
seeing this myself, as I’m starting to hit a wall at around 250 feeds.
The second generation of aggregators (that should also include more
advanced authentication) can’t come fast enough. I look forward
to reading Werner Vogel’s full analysis on this issue, which of course
means I have to add his feed to my aggregator. Wait a minute…. [The Shifted Librarian]
9:50:35 AM  Google It!.
|
