looks great! I may have to give it a try.
BTW you have a typo on the homepage. CTRL-F for "slinghow"
Launch HN: Slingshow (YC W20) – Easily build custom virtual events and webinars
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#32How does it compare to something like on24?
ON24 does a great job of all things enterprise data-related, but it's very complicated, quite expensive, not self-serve, and in our opinion, the user experience is highly outdated. Their default event pages have a very Web 1.0 feel and showcase this very clearly. After talking to lots of people over a year, ON24 and GoToWebinar are usually the two players that most people strongly dislike. We believe that innovating…
I looked at Slingshow and wish I could
- host multiple events under one registration - as in a conference with multiple tracks and let’s say 50 webinars in the same day
- show a single page listing said events - only to registered attendees
- have control over who registers, including api integration for our event registration site
- have control over the event interface - presentation side by side with speaker, speaker bios, other docs
Re: Launch HN: Slingshow (YC W20) – Easily build custom virtual events and webinars
#33Zoom is hacking on something exactly like this with Zoom Events (I have a friend who’s working on this team) and they are going to come out with something by the end of the year.
Hopefully there’s space for competitors :)
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#34Can you elaborate on "256-bit end-to-end encryption"? Does it apply to all content? How are the encryption keys stored and shared between participants?
Hey, it’s Jorge the CTO of Slingshow here. The security claims refer to all the video/audio in the product and were passed on from our video infrastructure providers[0][1]. Unless you are recording on the Stage, the video/audio doesn’t touch our servers. The WebRTC protocol actually mandates connections and signaling are encrypted with the Secure Real Time Protocol (SRTP). But, I’ve spent the last hour reviewing the…
Hi Jorge, interesting to see you are using both Agora and Daily! Any reason you went for them instead of Twilio?
EDIT: And if you care to elaborate, what is your custom WebSocket backend for?
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#35Looks great! How does this compare to Welcome[0]? They were also in your batch. [0] https://experiencewelcome.com
Fundamentally different approaches to product and target market. We have no intention of building a service company or just being another conference tool. There are more than 100 in the market.
We're trying to create a new format that could only exist in the digital world. Fast paced micro-events throughout the year that keep attendees on their toes and help foster community as people get to engage more.
Doing one big conference at the end of the year is the old way of thinking. It's blindly taking the real world conference and making it digital. A movie has a different language than a play. We're trying to figure out that language as opposed to just filming the play.
Re: Launch HN: Slingshow (YC W20) – Easily build custom virtual events and webinars
#36looks great! I may have to give it a try. BTW you have a typo on the homepage. CTRL-F for "slinghow"
Awesome! Thanks for the find. Did you get a chance to try it out?