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by rovr138 1108 days ago
Christian talked about this.

A payload of 25 comments vs a payload of 100, takes less time to generate and deliver.

So sometimes, to optimize his users experience, he might request 25 to show something quick to the user and then do a request for 100 and append it.

He also mentioned that he’s being compared to other apps, _not_ to the API limit (which he was under anyway).

So, can it be less?, of course. Heck, he could make it 1/minute or even 1/day. But his quota was 60/min. So why not use the 60?.