hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 hours agoThe Fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loopstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10cross-posted to: fediverse
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkThe Fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loopstechcrunch.comhedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: fediverse
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI think streaming works best where people self host their own media tbf.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 hours agoSelf hosting isn’t really compatible with viral content, you do something that blows up and either get the hug of death or go bankrupt from the bandwidth costs.
minus-square0x1C3B00DA@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·48 minutes agoMaybe the problem in that equation is the expectation of virality and not self hosting?
I think streaming works best where people self host their own media tbf.
Self hosting isn’t really compatible with viral content, you do something that blows up and either get the hug of death or go bankrupt from the bandwidth costs.
Maybe the problem in that equation is the expectation of virality and not self hosting?