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So, we'll be watching it in six second chunks? Play by play 140 characters at a time? I joke, but my point is actually that this feels very off brand for Twit

So, we'll be watching it in six second chunks? Play by play 140 characters at a time? I joke, but my point is actually that this feels very off brand for Twitter. Maybe for Periscope, but even there, it's about the first-person, crowd-sourced, "raw" and authentic perspective. It isn't about massively produced media circuses like pro-sports are. Sure, I see the value others have highlighted – it'll prop up the user base, etc., but it definitely will also fragment the user base as well.

theseatoms 11y ago
It feels exactly "on brand" to me. Live events with massive audiences are Twitter's bread and butter (from a usage perspective, if not revenue). And sure. It could fragment the userbase further. But why is that a negative development? And isn't that the nature of Twitter's userbase already? Disclosure: I bought a few more shares this morning, after seeing the news.
- wtvanhest 11y ago
  They are also in the ads business and can sell across both platforms.
cvwright 11y ago
> So, we'll be watching it in six second chunks? If it's HLS or DASH, then pretty much, yeah. :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Adaptive_Streaming_over_HTTP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Adaptive_Streaming_ove...