Heh, I just realized I never answered the concurrency issue. The all-time peak for concurrent users was about 45. More typical is 15. However, there is a live audio stream associated with the site which probably tends…
I think that this is somewhat dependent on the sort of site you're looking at. Total user engagement and usage patterns are going to be different on a news site is going to be different than on a social networking site.…
Would calling your friend instead of using Twitter been a disaster? It seems like a broadcast medium like Twitter was completely inappropriate to use in that instance. Contacting the one person who you wanted to reach…
I often subscribe to the comments feed for the article (if one is available). That results in a lot of comment feeds, but they usually peter out after a few days (and I clean house in terms of RSS subscriptions every…
Heh, I just realized I never answered the concurrency issue. The all-time peak for concurrent users was about 45. More typical is 15. However, there is a live audio stream associated with the site which probably tends…
I think that this is somewhat dependent on the sort of site you're looking at. Total user engagement and usage patterns are going to be different on a news site is going to be different than on a social networking site.…
Would calling your friend instead of using Twitter been a disaster? It seems like a broadcast medium like Twitter was completely inappropriate to use in that instance. Contacting the one person who you wanted to reach…
I often subscribe to the comments feed for the article (if one is available). That results in a lot of comment feeds, but they usually peter out after a few days (and I clean house in terms of RSS subscriptions every…