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I didn't understand Periscope until I saw a mini-celeb use it. People love it. It's like Snapchat in live group form for celebs. Like why people love to call

I didn't understand Periscope until I saw a mini-celeb use it. People love it. It's like Snapchat in live group form for celebs. Like why people love to call into a live radio or TV show. Regardless of what happens to traditional Twitter, I think Periscope has a lot of room to grow. However, Twitter's algo timeline makes it nearly useless to me. It was already a mess and the linear timeline was the only thing I liked. The linear timeline would have been manageable if they still allowed third party clients... but I digress. I'm sure I'll still use it anyway to announce software releases and get customer support from slacking companies.

cft 11y ago
The problem is that Periscope is a startup. Wall St will not like Twitter to be run as a startup, and yet Dorsey is trying to position Periscope as the savior for Twitter. I think that Periscope is an awesome product btw, but sinking Twitter may take it down with it unfortunately.
jdminhbg 11y ago
Periscope seems like it works great for [mini]-celebs, but unlike other platforms that have gotten huge from celebrity use (Twitter itself, Snapchat, etc), I don't see the normal-person use case.