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		pg on Dec 10, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How active is Hacker News? You can't use item numbers as an index of activity. There's also an internal messaging system that uses items for messages. How often are you polling our server?

zachbeane on Dec 10, 2007 | [–]

I am polling the server every 30 minutes.

henning on Dec 10, 2007 | [–]

Does "per minute" imply once a minute?

zachbeane on Dec 10, 2007 | [–]

No. Network activity is often graphed in kilobits per second, but is polled rather less frequently than once per second.

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