3 ms·

> YouTube, like Netflix, doesn't have a special sauce But they do have the eyes. If you want your videos to be seen, there's no Youtube alternative. Twitch wou

> YouTube, like Netflix, doesn't have a special sauce But they do have the eyes. If you want your videos to be seen, there's no Youtube alternative. Twitch would be, but they seem to be banning people for political reasons too. Network effect is real and very strong. It will be very hard to create real YT alternatives. We have Bitchute and PeerTube, but they severely lack content and the viewers.

jerf 7y ago
"Network effect is real and very strong." I'd say it's real, but weak. The value to me of the next incremental YouTube content provider isn't very large. If one of my favorite providers leaves, I won't find it hard to follow them. What they have is the only practical advertising-based monetization platform. That's the real moat. You can use YouTube to build enough of a base to then create a backup monetization base with something like Patreon, but I don't know how to get you to that point without starting on YouTube first.
- Faark 7y ago
  It isn't weak. Not sure how you look for new content. In my case it is yt.com/feed/subscriptions. If you leave i might follow. But only if enough content is on your new website to warrant me opening that tab a few times a week. Maybe also with content very on schedule. But you can be sure I wont do this with many sides, so you better switch to the same platform as anyone else. Also maybe once or twice a week I actually follow one of YTs recommendations. I'm unlikely to do the same on platforms with significant less content. I'd expect others to behave the same and thus you'd probably loose a lot of advertising. Being big on a smaller platform has its own advantages, but I'm not sure this cancels out. And you have to be one of the top dogs in the first place...
nerdponx 7y ago
It should be pretty easy for a content creator to start uploading videos to both places? Maybe someone could write a tool that automatically uploads the same video to multiple sites with the same description, similar tags, etc.
thiagomgd 7y ago
Also, Twitch is too focused (or seems) in gaming. I wouldn't go to Twitch to find travel, anime reviews, cooking, pet videos...
thiagomgd 7y ago
> We have Bitchute and PeerTube, but they severely lack content and the viewers. And they look terrible Also, peertube result on google (of course), leads me here: https://joinpeertube.org/en/ https://joinpeertube.org/en/ Which is not a video portal. So, not going to work for wide audiences. They don't care about how your site is coded, what instances are, etc...

jerf 7y ago

"Network effect is real and very strong." I'd say it's real, but weak. The value to me of the next incremental YouTube content provider isn't very large. If one of my favorite providers leaves, I won't find it hard to follow them. What they have is the only practical advertising-based monetization platform. That's the real moat. You can use YouTube to build enough of a base to then create a backup monetization base with something like Patreon, but I don't know how to get you to that point without starting on YouTube first.

Faark 7y ago
It isn't weak. Not sure how you look for new content. In my case it is yt.com/feed/subscriptions. If you leave i might follow. But only if enough content is on your new website to warrant me opening that tab a few times a week. Maybe also with content very on schedule. But you can be sure I wont do this with many sides, so you better switch to the same platform as anyone else. Also maybe once or twice a week I actually follow one of YTs recommendations. I'm unlikely to do the same on platforms with significant less content. I'd expect others to behave the same and thus you'd probably loose a lot of advertising. Being big on a smaller platform has its own advantages, but I'm not sure this cancels out. And you have to be one of the top dogs in the first place...

nerdponx 7y ago

It should be pretty easy for a content creator to start uploading videos to both places? Maybe someone could write a tool that automatically uploads the same video to multiple sites with the same description, similar tags, etc.

thiagomgd 7y ago

Also, Twitch is too focused (or seems) in gaming. I wouldn't go to Twitch to find travel, anime reviews, cooking, pet videos...

thiagomgd 7y ago

> We have Bitchute and PeerTube, but they severely lack content and the viewers. And they look terrible Also, peertube result on google (of course), leads me here: https://joinpeertube.org/en/ https://joinpeertube.org/en/ Which is not a video portal. So, not going to work for wide audiences. They don't care about how your site is coded, what instances are, etc...