Comment Comment by thinkingisfun "violating monotonicity means you can’t assume you’ve seen everything once you’ve read to the top of your timeline."if that turns out to be such a problem,1.) you can simply assume that everything fresher than 5 minutes is subject to change, so you ignore it until it's at least 5 minutes old.2.) whatever site or app you're using could simply mark unread messages, and inform you of out-of-order messages. parent thinkingisfun 14 years ago
if that turns out to be such a problem,
1.) you can simply assume that everything fresher than 5 minutes is subject to change, so you ignore it until it's at least 5 minutes old.
2.) whatever site or app you're using could simply mark unread messages, and inform you of out-of-order messages.