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Fliggo (YC S08) launches TwitVid - the TwitPic of video

48 points by sharpshoot 17y ago

ryanwaggoner 17y ago
I don't fully understand...why not just post your video to Youtube and then tweet the URL?
- garply 17y ago
  Why not just post your image to Flickr?
  - alex_c 17y ago
    Having never used TwitPic, I actually consider that a valid question.
    - fallentimes 17y ago
      But isn't that the case for many websites out there? Just because you wouldn't use something, doesn't mean someone else wouldn't. In this case, it's integrated, saves a step and doesn't require an additional account to be created. And a ton of people use Twitpic: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/
      - pj 17y ago
        I'd like to see some correlations between how many users a site has and its longevity, exit, revenue, etc...
      - thwarted 17y ago
        Integration as a differentiator doesn't seem to be enough of of a drawn in this context. Friendfeed integrates with other sites that do all of this, and more, as long as they have RSS feeds, and people still use the likes of twitter. With Friendfeed you get to pick which services you want to you use to, say, manage photos, be that flickr, or picassa, or even FF itself. There must be some advantage to the marketing of these kinds of "add on services" to simple things like twitter that draw people to them; either that or twitter is so stupid simplistic (and they keep removing features) that the market is drawn to add features that the core developers have no interest in maintaining.
    - ivankirigin 17y ago
      the method of sharing is built right into TwitPic, TwitVid.io, etc. That's really important.
- chris24 17y ago
  I suppose the only real reason to use Twitpic or TwitVid over Flickr & YouTube would be for the Twitter-specific features. For TwitVid, I guess that's easy access to retweet, favorite, or reply to a video. For Twitpic, I suppose that would be the reply chains that appear below the pictures. I'm still surprised that's enough to make people want to use these services over the more popular/mainstream ones.
  - lanaer 17y ago
    Within certain demographics, twitpic is more popular than flickr. It may not even be that hard to find people who use twitpic and don’t even know what flickr is. Another advantage: if you’re using twitter, it’s easier to get started with twitpic than with flickr, since you don’t need a new account. Obviously this does not apply if you were using flickr already.
- deleted 17y ago
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- ajasver 17y ago
  One very good reason is that it's way faster to upload to Twitvid and share stuff than Youtube. They auto-tweet it once the vid is done processing so you don't even have to wait.
mrduncan 17y ago
It looks like the .com (http://twitvid.com http://twitvid.com) belongs to someone else, does anyone else see this as a pretty big hurdle to adoption?
- vaksel 17y ago
  the problem is the name...even on techcrunch article they are branded as twitvid, not twitvid.io
  - sharpshoot 17y ago
    On twitter the guys own twitter.com/twitvid owning @twitvid will also be super valuable to get ahead
    - ryanwaggoner 17y ago
      Actually, this raises a good point...they don't own @twitvid. What's to stop Twitter from taking it away and giving it to the Twitvid.com guys and reasoning that Twitvid.io should use @twitvideo? (yes, I'm aware that people don't own domain names, either)
      - sharpshoot 17y ago
        connections - this is the yc mafia
- pg 17y ago
  It seems like it's not the end of the world. Dropbox doesn't have dropbox.com, and they're doing well. It's a constant annoyance, but it doesn't kill you. What kills you is making something users don't like. As long as you make something users like, you can survive domain name problems.
  - shabda 17y ago
    But its a constant annoyance which is going to stay for ever. Why not choose a different name? (Or buy the domain, before launching, its going to cost more, the more successful you become.)
jmonegro 17y ago
Really well done, really well executed. The .com version might be dangerous, as people tend to type the .com intuitively, but these guys got the advantage of an early release...
sfphotoarts 17y ago
Another one like this thats been live for a couple of weeks now.. http://tinyvid.io http://tinyvid.io - much the same thing.

48 points by sharpshoot 17y ago

ryanwaggoner 17y ago

I don't fully understand...why not just post your video to Youtube and then tweet the URL?

garply 17y ago
Why not just post your image to Flickr?
- alex_c 17y ago
  Having never used TwitPic, I actually consider that a valid question.
  - fallentimes 17y ago
    But isn't that the case for many websites out there? Just because you wouldn't use something, doesn't mean someone else wouldn't. In this case, it's integrated, saves a step and doesn't require an additional account to be created. And a ton of people use Twitpic: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitpic.com/
    - pj 17y ago
      I'd like to see some correlations between how many users a site has and its longevity, exit, revenue, etc...
    - thwarted 17y ago
      Integration as a differentiator doesn't seem to be enough of of a drawn in this context. Friendfeed integrates with other sites that do all of this, and more, as long as they have RSS feeds, and people still use the likes of twitter. With Friendfeed you get to pick which services you want to you use to, say, manage photos, be that flickr, or picassa, or even FF itself. There must be some advantage to the marketing of these kinds of "add on services" to simple things like twitter that draw people to them; either that or twitter is so stupid simplistic (and they keep removing features) that the market is drawn to add features that the core developers have no interest in maintaining.
  - ivankirigin 17y ago
    the method of sharing is built right into TwitPic, TwitVid.io, etc. That's really important.
chris24 17y ago
I suppose the only real reason to use Twitpic or TwitVid over Flickr & YouTube would be for the Twitter-specific features. For TwitVid, I guess that's easy access to retweet, favorite, or reply to a video. For Twitpic, I suppose that would be the reply chains that appear below the pictures. I'm still surprised that's enough to make people want to use these services over the more popular/mainstream ones.
- lanaer 17y ago
  Within certain demographics, twitpic is more popular than flickr. It may not even be that hard to find people who use twitpic and don’t even know what flickr is. Another advantage: if you’re using twitter, it’s easier to get started with twitpic than with flickr, since you don’t need a new account. Obviously this does not apply if you were using flickr already.
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ajasver 17y ago
One very good reason is that it's way faster to upload to Twitvid and share stuff than Youtube. They auto-tweet it once the vid is done processing so you don't even have to wait.

mrduncan 17y ago

It looks like the .com (http://twitvid.com http://twitvid.com) belongs to someone else, does anyone else see this as a pretty big hurdle to adoption?

vaksel 17y ago
the problem is the name...even on techcrunch article they are branded as twitvid, not twitvid.io
- sharpshoot 17y ago
  On twitter the guys own twitter.com/twitvid owning @twitvid will also be super valuable to get ahead
  - ryanwaggoner 17y ago
    Actually, this raises a good point...they don't own @twitvid. What's to stop Twitter from taking it away and giving it to the Twitvid.com guys and reasoning that Twitvid.io should use @twitvideo? (yes, I'm aware that people don't own domain names, either)
    - sharpshoot 17y ago
      connections - this is the yc mafia
pg 17y ago
It seems like it's not the end of the world. Dropbox doesn't have dropbox.com, and they're doing well. It's a constant annoyance, but it doesn't kill you. What kills you is making something users don't like. As long as you make something users like, you can survive domain name problems.
- shabda 17y ago
  But its a constant annoyance which is going to stay for ever. Why not choose a different name? (Or buy the domain, before launching, its going to cost more, the more successful you become.)

jmonegro 17y ago

Really well done, really well executed. The .com version might be dangerous, as people tend to type the .com intuitively, but these guys got the advantage of an early release...

sfphotoarts 17y ago

Another one like this thats been live for a couple of weeks now.. http://tinyvid.io http://tinyvid.io - much the same thing.