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>but just using alternative, smaller platforms makes a huge difference this does not scale. bandwidth costs will crush small platforms and they will eventually

>but just using alternative, smaller platforms makes a huge difference this does not scale. bandwidth costs will crush small platforms and they will eventually be absorbed into bigger ones.. the only exit is closure (especially from a rouge patent troll or DMCA lawsuit) or buyout. see justin.tv as an example edit: all costs will crush you. you need a mod team to prevent runaway piracy and child porn. you need a security team to prevent attacks. you need a network team to try to minimize bandwidth loss. video delivery is not a cheap game, so i'm not really sure how free platforms will survive

lolinder 3y ago
Does everything need to scale? I personally quite enjoyed the web back in the day where most communities were running on tiny boxes managed by a single hobbyist. > you need a mod team to prevent runaway piracy and child porn. Nebula doesn't because it's an invite-only platform. The creators are all part of an old-school social network and can vouch for each other. > video delivery is not a cheap game, so i'm not really sure how free platforms will survive So don't be a free platform! Nebula is doing just fine at serving me and many like me. Most of the creators I follow make a solid living on Patreon, with Nebula and YouTube ads just layered on top. The idea that every app must be free and must scale to ~every human being on the planet is killing the internet.
- ardfard 3y ago
  > Does everything need to scale? I personally quite enjoyed the web back in the day where most communities were running on tiny boxes managed by a single hobbyist. It's just not only matter of scale. I follow content creator that posted some of his content on his personal website. but man, the user experience is night and day compared to youtube. loading video is slow, cant fast-forward before hit buffering, also no content discovery either. Paying for Youtube premium is no-brainer because i just get more value of it compared to even Netflix.
  - lolinder 3y ago
    Scale isn't a binary switch—Nebula's UX is very comparable to YouTube's, better in some ways. There's a space in the middle—between one guy's personal site and Google—where the platform has enough resources to get a decent experience.

lolinder 3y ago

Does everything need to scale? I personally quite enjoyed the web back in the day where most communities were running on tiny boxes managed by a single hobbyist. > you need a mod team to prevent runaway piracy and child porn. Nebula doesn't because it's an invite-only platform. The creators are all part of an old-school social network and can vouch for each other. > video delivery is not a cheap game, so i'm not really sure how free platforms will survive So don't be a free platform! Nebula is doing just fine at serving me and many like me. Most of the creators I follow make a solid living on Patreon, with Nebula and YouTube ads just layered on top. The idea that every app must be free and must scale to ~every human being on the planet is killing the internet.

ardfard 3y ago
> Does everything need to scale? I personally quite enjoyed the web back in the day where most communities were running on tiny boxes managed by a single hobbyist. It's just not only matter of scale. I follow content creator that posted some of his content on his personal website. but man, the user experience is night and day compared to youtube. loading video is slow, cant fast-forward before hit buffering, also no content discovery either. Paying for Youtube premium is no-brainer because i just get more value of it compared to even Netflix.
- lolinder 3y ago
  Scale isn't a binary switch—Nebula's UX is very comparable to YouTube's, better in some ways. There's a space in the middle—between one guy's personal site and Google—where the platform has enough resources to get a decent experience.