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Seems like more and more "content creators" are getting into the platforms business, and I genuinely don't think many, if any of them are going to succeed. If L

Seems like more and more "content creators" are getting into the platforms business, and I genuinely don't think many, if any of them are going to succeed. If Legendary Pictures, with their Chinese government money and big acquisitions of Nerdist and Geek and Sundry couldn't make their subscription site work, what makes these guys think they'll be any different? As a consumer of content, I don't want dozens of different platforms, all taking a share of my wallet and attention, I want one single platform with all of the content.

cannonedhamster 7y ago
There were failed social media platforms before Myspace and Facebook. If you'd have said Facebook would outgrow Myspace people would have thought you were crazy. At some point someone is going to unseat YouTube. It's going to take timing, luck, and a product that delivers something better or different than YouTube. Is this it? Who knows? Most likely not, but that's why you keep trying.
- sgillen 7y ago
  The person you are responding too isn’t saying that youtube will never be overtaken, he’s saying he doesn’t think it will be overtaken by dozens of smaller content platforms, but rather one large one.
  - cannonedhamster 7y ago
    But you don't become a large company without first starting small. Even large corporations tend to use pilot programs in order to establish product market fit. Disney for instance tested their software on less valuable material before deciding to create Disney+.
SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
>I genuinely don't think many, if any of them are going to succeed Yea, of course. All it takes is one though.
zrobotics 7y ago
>> I want one single platform with all of the content. Startup idea: what is really needed is an aggregation service similar to RSS for video. I agree, I don't want to waste my limited time checking multiple sites, which is the real value of my YouTube subscriptions tab. Trouble is, it's only that one site. Instead of another platform, what would actually be useful is a site which would aggregate my YouTube subscriptions with other platforms. The extra friction of checking an additional site just guarantees I will start ignoring the content.

cannonedhamster 7y ago

There were failed social media platforms before Myspace and Facebook. If you'd have said Facebook would outgrow Myspace people would have thought you were crazy. At some point someone is going to unseat YouTube. It's going to take timing, luck, and a product that delivers something better or different than YouTube. Is this it? Who knows? Most likely not, but that's why you keep trying.

sgillen 7y ago
The person you are responding too isn’t saying that youtube will never be overtaken, he’s saying he doesn’t think it will be overtaken by dozens of smaller content platforms, but rather one large one.
- cannonedhamster 7y ago
  But you don't become a large company without first starting small. Even large corporations tend to use pilot programs in order to establish product market fit. Disney for instance tested their software on less valuable material before deciding to create Disney+.

SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

>I genuinely don't think many, if any of them are going to succeed Yea, of course. All it takes is one though.

zrobotics 7y ago

>> I want one single platform with all of the content. Startup idea: what is really needed is an aggregation service similar to RSS for video. I agree, I don't want to waste my limited time checking multiple sites, which is the real value of my YouTube subscriptions tab. Trouble is, it's only that one site. Instead of another platform, what would actually be useful is a site which would aggregate my YouTube subscriptions with other platforms. The extra friction of checking an additional site just guarantees I will start ignoring the content.