This page is left for historical purposes.

Prior to adopting it in the W3C Social Web Working Group, the WebSub spec was known as PubSubHubbub. During the November 2016 face-to-face meeting, the group brainstormed some new ideas for a name for the spec, and finally published an updated Working Draft of WebSub under its new name.

Prior to the face-to-face meeting, we solicited some input on Twitter:

https://aaronparecki.com/2016/11/01/6/pubsubhubbub (twitter copy)

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What are we going to call pubsubhubbub going forward?

(What to name this wikipage is irrelevant and not up for discussion.)

Brainstorming

This is the brainstorming list of alternative names for PubSubHubbub, from a Google Doc that we live-edited in the 2016-11-17 face-to-face meeting.

WebSub ***
WebFollow
WebSubscribe
Hublish
Sublish
Weblish
Caster
HubCaster
WebCaster
SubWebCast
HubHub
InternetSubPro
GoSub
iSub
OSub
OSubStatus
SubStandard
PubStandard
TheStandard
DefinitelyNotPubSubHubbub
Evan Prodromou’s PubSubHubbubbub
Hubble
HubNet
The Spec formerly known as PubSubHubub
HobNob
HubNub
BubHubSubPub
RubNubSubPub
DubDubDubSub (WWWSub)
DubSub
DubDub
YetAnotherPubSub (YAPS)
YubNub
YetAnotherPubSubHubBub (YAPSHB)
WebPro2000
StalkerSpec
README.TXT AS A SERVICE
InternetFriendFinder
GNU Pub/Sub/Hub
PleaseReadMyUpdatesPlease
follow-metadata.csv
iNeedAttention
Hubscribe
WeSub
Webscribe
HTTPSub
BeerPub
PubStep
Vaporwave
MicroHub
MicroSub
WebScaleHub
Encrypted Media Extensions Sub
MESub
WazzzzzSub
NeXTSub
WasHubi
NotificationHub
Notifhub
nh;df; (no Hub didn’t follow)
NoHub
SoHub
PumpHub
InstantMessenger
ActivityHub
ActiveHub
Rubadubdub (3 men in a Hub)
InstantWebNotification
AllHandsOnDeck
SemHub
LubDubHub
Sublime
JSub
HubStep
Internet Push Notification (IPN)
World Wide Notifications
World Wrestling Notifications
PubSubDubstep
SUP (Simple Update Protocol)
WHAT-SUP
GitHub
GitSub
SubSlab
GrubHub
Rub-a-dub-hub
HubHub
Hodor
Micropub
EvanPub (the free version of EvanPro? (that’s OpenEvan until it gets forked, then it is LibreEvan))
PuSHPuSHButDifferent
Pubsubhubbub2.0
SubWay (always fresh)
MakingSubscriptionsGreatAgain (too soon?) TOO SOON
LinkedDataSubscriptions
WebizingPuSH
PubSubHullabloo
Hubby
IrishPub
VegiHub
PubIsland2
HubDuty
HubDoobie
GetAHub
Subtastic
SuberHubonic
HubGear777
PubSubulater
SoftHub
HardHub
HardyHarHarHub
Mr. Hubato
HubsConsideredHarmful
SUuuBer!
SlapASub
HubbaHubba
PSNPuSH (PubSub Not PubSubHubbub)
BikeShedHub
BikeSubHubDub

Candidates

WebFollow

Pros

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Cons

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For

aaronpk
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Against

tonyg -- it connotes too much (following = twitter? facebook?)
wilkie -- it doesn't actually implement "following"
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WebSub

Pros

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Cons

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For

...

Against

aaronpk - might as well call it WebSubscribe and people will just shorten it to WebSub anyway
tonyg (aaronpk makes a convincing argument)

WebSubscribe

Pros

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Cons

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For

aaronpk
tonyg (if it has to be one of these three)
wilkie (if it has to be one of these three)
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... please add others ..

Rejected 2016-11-17

Rejected at the Socialwg/2016-11-17 f2f meeting

PubSubHubbub

Pros

Existing name, so easily recognizable
Distinctive name
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Cons

Difficult to type and pronounce, especially for non-native English speakers
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For

...

Against

rhiaro
tantek
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PubSub

Pros

Recognizable reference to PubSubHubbub
As "W3 PubSub" or "W3C PubSub" both (a) gives good google results and (b) does what it says on the tin
...

Cons

Already a generic term [1]
"pub sub is kinda redundant. if you're subbing someone is obviously pubbing" - TheGillies
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For

tonyg
eprodrom
julien
tantek

Against

aaronpk
rhiaro
wilkie
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PubHub

Pros

Hub is emphasized
Still reminiscent of PubSubHubbub

Cons

Where did Sub go?
Still has the non-native English pronunciation problem with -bH-

For

...

Against

...

HubSub

Pros

Hub is emphasized
Still reminiscent of PubSubHubbub

Cons

...

For

rhiaro
cwebber2

Against

aaronpk - it became clear after hearing people say it that it was difficult to hear
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WebPub

Pros

...

Cons

Emphasises the "Pub" side, while it's the "Sub" side that's the more important part of the system
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For

TheGillies
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Against

...

HubCast

Pros

Emphasizes the idea of the "hub" which is the intermediary between publishers and subscribers
Is unique in context of a technology name
...

Cons

Shares little in common with the original name, PubSubHubbub
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For

aaronpk
rhiaro
cwebber
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Against

...

PushCast

Pros

New name but still recognizable relation to PubSubHubbub
...

Cons

People sometimes associate Push with going all the way to the user.
sounds too close to old product PointCast
nothing to do with broadcasting
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For

aaronpk
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Against

tantek
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FeedCast

Pros

Descriptive as to what it's for
...

Cons

While the spec originated with sending updates about feeds, it is not limited to feeds, and could work just as well for receiving updated about single documents. This name potentially would continue to limit the idea to working with feeds.
No relation to previous name PubSubHubbub
nothing to do with broadcasting
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For

aaronpk
@malcolmblaney
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Against

tonyg
rhiaro
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Hubbub

Pros

Fun
Retains reference to original name
Semantically appropriate

Cons

Silly?

For

rhiaro
wilkie

Against

WebHub

It applies to the *web*, and it's primary feature is that it adds a *hub*

Pros

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Cons

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For

tantek
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Abstain

Benjamin Roberts (talk) (We are bikeshedding and I no longer care)
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