Farewell, Periscope • Hacker News Board

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by acwan93 » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 9:31 PM UTC

jodrellblank wrote: post #8

> " We’ve brought most of the core capabilities of Periscope into Twitter. [...] We’ve learned so much, shared incredible experiences together " Another one for "Our incredible journey" https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/

I'm so glad there's a site that's been keeping around the corporate-speak and well wishes for acquihires (no sarcasm intended). It's part amusing and interesting to see how founders or leaders of an org spin a acquisition or shut-down.

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by sacredcows » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 9:34 PM UTC

I’ve never used periscope but a few years ago I was at a comedy festival. There was this guy in the audience who was being obnoxious, and when Jeff Ross confronted him, the audience member said he was streaming the show on Periscope. He eventually got booed out of the hall.

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by gk1 » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 9:42 PM UTC

jodrellblank wrote: post #8

> " We’ve brought most of the core capabilities of Periscope into Twitter. [...] We’ve learned so much, shared incredible experiences together " Another one for "Our incredible journey" https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/

Unlike the announcements in "Our incredible journey," this one seems fairly honest and to-the-point.

Considering the years of effort that went into Periscope it's reasonable for them to reflect on that time in a positive way.

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by allenu » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

It's interesting how quickly the social space changes. I remember when this first came out, and there was Meerkat as well, it felt like a lot of interesting innovations were possible when it came to social media. The space is starting to feel mature, and to me, a little stale. There isn't a sense of adventure and wonder now with social media.

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by kreelman » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

Is it perhaps insensitive to say 'Down Periscope'.

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by moonbug » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 9:54 PM UTC

What's Periscope?

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by paulgb » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 9:57 PM UTC

jlrubin wrote: post #2

Dang :( I always got excellent engagement on my periscope livestreams given my existing twitter audience, will have to look for an alternative that has as good integration

It sounds like the existing (albeit semi-hidden) ability to stream live from Twitter is not going away, so if your audience is mostly on Twitter that might still be a good option for you.

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by divbzero » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 10:02 PM UTC

moonbug wrote: post #16

What's Periscope?

Twitter’s standalone app for live video streaming.

Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 10:13 PM UTC

kreelman wrote: post #15

Is it perhaps insensitive to say 'Down Periscope'.

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Re: Farewell, Periscope

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Post by ballenf » Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 10:19 PM UTC

beamatronic wrote: post #10

pkamb wrote: post #6

why not use the Periscope brand as their Stories feature? Instead they use something new called Fleets?

Couldn't they pick a better name? Fleet is some kind of enema.

It's a fair point. The enema company was the 2nd-4th entry everywhere except google's search product and Twitter didn't make the first page (again, except on goog). The only time I've heard fleet used outside the enema context is when specifically talking about a group of vehicles.

Fleet and fleeting don't really have much overlap in terms of definition. Presumably Twitter was going for the latter meaning, but went with the former.