Vizeddit: Live Reddit votes and comments from the Reddit API visualized in pure javascripterqqvg.com 5 pointsDauntless17 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−thomaspaine17yCool. How does this work? Is it polling the Reddit API every 15 seconds? Gnip? Comet? Something else?−d1rge17yIt's polling reddit - every 30 seconds by the looks of the code. Fairly standard AJAX approach to grab reddit's JDON data via their API.−apu17yThese are beautiful! It would be fascinating to see a similar set of visualizations for HN.
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Cool. How does this work? Is it polling the Reddit API every 15 seconds? Gnip? Comet? Something else?
It's polling reddit - every 30 seconds by the looks of the code. Fairly standard AJAX approach to grab reddit's JDON data via their API.
These are beautiful! It would be fascinating to see a similar set of visualizations for HN.