LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by ro_bit » Thu, May 06, 2021, 1:38 AM UTC

LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
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Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by spamalot159 » Thu, May 06, 2021, 1:46 AM UTC

LiveLeak was the only video site that still felt like the wild west. If I was ever linked to a LiveLink url I knew something crazy was about to happen.

I'm sure serving this kind of content had its hurdles legally. And running a video site cannot be cheap in the first place. LiveLeak will be missed.

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by VWWHFSfQ » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:04 AM UTC

I don't imagine it was easy to monetize most of the content they were hosting.

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by raunak » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:10 AM UTC

Similar to bestgore.com - I suppose as the Internet becomes more and more just Google-land, niche websites such as these two will continue to disappear.

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by FpUser » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:10 AM UTC

I wonder what will happen to content. Moving it somewhere like archive.org would be nice.

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by donkarma » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:10 AM UTC

It's one of those sites you never expected to go, that's crazy.

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by AliceWong » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:10 AM UTC

VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #3

I don't imagine it was easy to monetize most of the content they were hosting.

Life insurance ads perhaps.

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by reedjosh » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:11 AM UTC

spamalot159 wrote: post #2

LiveLeak was the only video site that still felt like the wild west. If I was ever linked to a LiveLink url I knew something crazy was about to happen. I'm sure serving this kind of content had its hurdles legally. And running a video site cannot be cheap in the first place. LiveLeak will be missed.

BitChute maybe the replacement?

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by arthurcolle » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:12 AM UTC

VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #3

I don't imagine it was easy to monetize most of the content they were hosting.

Probably super easy to monetize. The world isn't just Google Ad{Word/Sense} and Facebook Ads

Re: LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online

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Post by Scoundreller » Thu, May 06, 2021, 2:12 AM UTC

VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #3

I don't imagine it was easy to monetize most of the content they were hosting.

But if your content is free and you don't really moderate, what's hosting cost?

Just gotta appeal to your clientele and your advertising will be successful.

Maybe I should white-label purchase some beef jerky and just advertise on sites like this.