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I made a site that drove this innovation, MediaCrush. It's open source. https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush if y
by Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago
I made a site that drove this innovation, MediaCrush. It's open source.
https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush
if you want to try to do this yourself, our code is a good reference.
https://mediacru.sh https://mediacru.sh
- sillysaurus3 12y agoWhy did Gfycat win? I've always wondered.
- Sir_Cmpwn 12y agoThey have a cooler name, I guess. It's not like MediaCrush isn't around, though.
- mkishi 12y agoI'd bet on UI and marketing. The player is very unobtrusive and minimalist, and simple things like pronounceable random names probably appeal to the user. Also, features that are well-known to heavy reddit users (such as easily resizeable videos) only helped with the word-of-mouth.
- notatoad 12y agoGfycat was promoted pretty agressively on reddit. I've never heard of MediaCrush before this thread.
- cookiecaper 12y agoI think it's probably too early to call Gfycat the "winner", and I don't necessarily see why there isn't room for multiple providers. There's no reason image sharing needs to be a "winner-take-all" game; in fact, it behooves everyone if there is a bit of diversity in the space. I understand that reddit (the organization, not only the community) likes to aggressively favor single image sharing vendors, and that sucks, but surely there are other places where such a site can find usage.