Updated v15
Lets talk possible platforms and their strengths and weaknesses.
I know we will use the forums for planning, but what to use for the event?
Currently we are exploring discord with a connection to Twitch to handle the large video stream size needed for big talks. Some people say to run a Riot server ourselves. Some want VR.
We need a solutions for:
- Thousands of people at a time watching a talk or workshop
- Thousands of people watching or listening to a DJ / VJ
- A way to be social through chat or voice with moderation capabilities to lock out trolls
- Some way to have shared experiences like watching NetFlix or a free streamed movie Mystery Science Theater 3k style.
- Allow content creators live village to manage and moderate their own spaces
Decision Matrix
Platforms
Name | Max Users | Self Host? | Bot? | User Privacy? | Mobile? | See in China? | Guest Access? | Notes | Meets a Need? | Url |
Discord | 50 watching video per channel | Yes - Lots of work | Yes | Yes | YES - Slow | Yes? | Can connect to Twitch to support essentially unlimited video streams. | Yes | discord.com | |
AltspaceVR | 30k+ | No | YES - Slow | No | Can accept video streams into rooms. 3D with laptop, 2D with phone. | altvr.com | ||||
Zoom | 200? 1000? | No | Yes | YES | Yes | Video Conference - Can connect to YouTube / FB Video to steam to larger audiences. | zoom.com | |||
ON24 | 10k+ | No | NEW: The are not interested in conferences, preferring to focus on webcasts. | on24.com |
Name | Max Users | Self Host | Bot? | User Privacy? | Mobile | See in China? | Guest Access? | Notes | Meets a Need | Url |
Twitch | 1 Million | No | Yes | No | Yes | A/V streaming DJ VJ Speakers Workshops | Yes | twitch.tv | ||
YouTube | 500k+ | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Video Stream | Yes | youtube.com | |
Face Book | ? | No | No | No | Yes | No | Video Stream | facebook.com | ||
Vimeo | ? | No | No | No | Video stream 9+ channels | Yes | vimeo.com | |||
Name | Max Users | Self Host | Bot? | User Privacy? | Mobile | See in China? | Guest Access? | Notes | Meets a Need | Url |
IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Text chat | |||
Mumble | 3k+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Text chat | https://mumble.info/ | |||
Rocket.Chat | Yes | rocket.chat | ||||||||
Riot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Other communications can be bridged into Riot such as IRC, Slack, and Discord. | Yes | about.riot.im | |||
Slack | Yes | Yes | Yes (But no Chinese) | "Where work happens" | slack.com | |||||
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