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The hangouts feature seems like a big win to me. Group video chats in the browser from someone like Google can really change things.
by ernestipark 15y ago
The hangouts feature seems like a big win to me. Group video chats in the browser from someone like Google can really change things.
- yid 15y agoI disagree. Social networking, unlike skype or email, requires low cognitive load--you come to hang out on your own terms. While group video chat is a convenient feature when you need it, it's not going to fundamentally change the game.
- daralthus 15y agoI disagree. You go to a hang out when you feel about socializing. You never get bored in a group chat, and the youtube integration just makes it much better. Just look at turntable.fm I miss this kind of chatting from facebook so much. (ok there is something like this with groups. I read somewhere that is the second popular on the site, right after photo sharing.)
- yid 15y agoI suppose we're both going on anecdotal evidence, and the actual usage of social networks is probably diverse enough to accommodate both our views.
- DanBlake 15y agoYou should check out tinychat ;)
- ernestipark 15y agoI was sure that something like this already existed, but the fact that it's embedded within a social network and is a service by Google makes it a whole lot more appealing.
- cft 15y agoTinychat is relatively small (check Alexa rank). If embedding it into a social network turns out to make such a big difference, be sure FB will add it, like they incorporated many novel features of Twitter.
- DanBlake 15y agoNot sure why you think tinychat is small- Its over 10m uniques a month and a top 600 site in the USA - http://www.quantcast.com/tinychat.com http://www.quantcast.com/tinychat.com It also is embedded in facebook- where its the biggest video chat app, nearly 10m fb users.