Comment by somat
1 month ago
You invert the problem.
People want to build store and forward systems because that is their mental model of the problem. store and forward system are fine, and there are many advantages to them, but direct request systems scale much better. basically have each user fetch their messages from the locations they want rather than delivering the messages to them. think how the web works vs how email works.
RSS! But you can't make a personalized timeline with a pull model, and that's where the money seems to be.
I think finding where the money _isn't_ is a fun way to find interesting projects.