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0 pointsTuring_Machine14y ago0 comments

If you poll too often, you cause unnecessary traffic.

Conditional GET has been in WordPress for about eight years, and is supported by many of the other majors.

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Ok, conditional GET mitigates the traffic problem, but the basic issue of using polling for what should be a push service in the first place remains.

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