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I only use YouTube occasionally but if I do, it's mostly for geek stuff by exactly these kinds of individuals. Are there any signs that another platform will ta
by iforgotpassword 7y ago
I only use YouTube occasionally but if I do, it's mostly for geek stuff by exactly these kinds of individuals. Are there any signs that another platform will take YouTube's place in that regard during the next couple years? I mean sites like Vimeo and daily motion have been around since forever but never managed to weaken the critical mass that YouTube had due to it's head start. Then there's the occasional startup that promises to fill exactly that gap, announced with fanfares and everything, but nobody came up with a killer feature yet. But that's just the gist of how I feel about that situation from when topics like that pop up every now and then.
Basically, my tldr question would be: How much worse do things have to get on YouTube for individual creators to leave, and are there any hints yet on what the winning replacement platform will be?
- sirn 7y ago> How much worse do things have to get on YouTube for individual creators to leave YouTube survived even the Real Name Policy during Google+ era. At this point, I can't think I think of anything that could do a permanent and immediate damage to YouTube popularity, even if they pull the equivalent of recent Tumblr purge. YouTube has enough momentum and its audience is way too diverse for it to fail overnight. Also, video hosting is very hard and expensive. It's possible to have a service that is generally nice and serve some niche (like Vimeo or Dailymotion), but I feel they will break apart in some way or another if they ever gain YouTube-level of popularity (due to regulation, lawsuits, etc.).
- wolco 7y agoIf they perged or deleted enough content people would stop visiting. If content creators stopped making new videos the site would turn into more of a video backup/hosting service for sharing elsewhere. Wouldn't kill the site but it would reduce its value.
- jfoster 7y agoThey're getting pretty annoying for viewers. Non-stop nags about trialing their subscriptions.
- pas 7y agoThe RealName policy did not affect YT as it defaulted to a separate "profile" of the same account. And you got the option to merge them, or continue to use it with some nickname.
- fenwick67 7y agoTwitch is poised to threaten YouTube. They have Amazon behind them financially, and their live streaming is beating YouTube's.
- eljimmy 7y agoNo doubt. Twitch is also pretty easy to get in contact with regarding any content disputes as well, at least in comparison to YouTube.
- faissaloo 7y agoI would've loved it if it were PeerTube or something but the sad reality is that Twitch is the only platform that's even close to comparable to YouTube.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoEspecially if VR starts capturing attention on a grander scale.
- aitchnyu 7y agoIs Twitch becoming a general purpose video site? At a glance, it seems all screengrabs and tabletop cameras of games.
- fenwick67 7y agoRight now you are right. Twitch only lets you stream live content and keep recordings of it. But they certainly compete with YouTube for eyeballs, and I can't imagine they're not working on a regular video ecosystem.
- iforgotpassword 7y agoInteresting, in my book twitch was still streaming only. Given the backing by Amazon you might be right.