I think they envisioned it being random people too, for a large part
general
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
So a cross between chatroulette and FaceTime
So like, imagine scrolling through Facebook, and having these embedded circles floating around, of live video feeds of the people currently on the page you're scrolling though
I can't tell if they mean other people looking at the same page simultaneously, or of the people whose page it is
The idea really was "always-on" though
So whenever you're at screen, you'd be showing up for evryone else who was looking for you
huh, this is really interesting
Well, they 180'd it would seem
few companies have been able to convince users to embrace the technology in the kind of persistent, always-on model that Rabbit envisions. In fact, most recent video chat companies — including Sean Parker’s Airtime — have had little luck converting Facebook users into big video chat junkies.This is a few years ago now, but I remember talking to the creator of Periscope around when they launched
It's weird how many people have this idea that every moment of your life should be streamed
Even if no one's watching
You know what Periscope is Bopit?
It's a phone app that launched a few years ago
Much like the old Livestreamer/JustinTV sites, but mobile skinned
It's what most people use to livestream on their phones, if they're not doing a Facebook Live stream
Yes
It's still around
Twitch is very different
It's like saying Twitch and Facebook Live compete
They don't
Bopit, if you wanted to stream, how would you do it?
No
How would you
Like, what would the stream be like
Are you going to have a dozen scene transitions, different screen layouts, chat integration, donation messages, bit cheers, subscriber alerts, emotes, audio production, proper soundproofing/lighting, and put effort into production
Or are you just going to stream
Because the former is what Twitch is offering, and the later is what everyone else is offering
Youtube kind of straddles the line IMO
I mean, Twitch is still technically an open platform
Anyone can jump on and Stream
But the platform is centered around content producers and personalities
People who are """professional""" streamers
I mean, I don't really get either kind tbh
I'd have to be pretty vain to want to do either
And I'm not really sure what kind of person really likes either in an extreme sense
I know a lot of people here watch Twitch streams (myself included)
But I don't get how some people spend their entire day on the site, and would consider themselves a part of the autistic "communities" there
See, I have to wonder what kind of person want the life of a streamer, especially now though
It feels like it consumes your life
Even though the hours aren't too bad, it feels like you have to be "on" all the fucking time
There are a lot of points that I think must be hard for Twitch streamers
Even if they don't acknowledge it as being hard
I think relying on begging people for money to sustain yourself is terrible, I get why they do it, and that they have to
But no matter how conceited you are, I'm sure at times it makes them quite self-conscious