Comments on: Spreecast raises $7M to take on Google+ Hangouts

By: ankulbarar

ankulbarar — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:29:46 +0000

I would love to see how platforms like Facebook and Twitter compete with such new platforms.

By: Ron Howser

Ron Howser — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:33:03 +0000

Thanks Martin. I really meant one of those sites integrating a system as opposed to a third-party add-on.

Also, I notice streamed.in is your company: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=85796612

Good luck with that!

By: Martin Stoev

Martin Stoev — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:06:01 +0000

Then you should check streamed.in. It’s a similar product which relies entirel on Facebook login.

By: Ron Howser

Ron Howser — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:11:30 +0000

I think these guys let you bring people on and off pretty dynamically. I think it’s kind of like the old adage about how a meeting with more than 4 or 5 people in it is far less effective.

By: Ron Howser

Ron Howser — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:09:42 +0000

No one I know seriously uses Google+. Maybe you’ve never tried getting folks on a hangout, but it’s really hard because they all have to sign up for +. That wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t take over your GMail account and make a general nuisance of itself.

I’d like to see a product like this offered by or in close partnership with Facebook or LinkedIn.

By: Fons Tuinstra

Fons Tuinstra — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:59:49 +0000

Just an afterthought: four participants is perhaps a bit too low, especially if you want to have room to pull in additional commentator. I have never used up the nine spaces google hangouts are giving, but four would certainly offer too many constraints.

By: Fons Tuinstra

Fons Tuinstra — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:55:14 +0000

Competition is always good, although I do not see many differences with Google+ Hangouts that could (and probably will) be added soon.
One of the challenges for organizing these video broadcasts is getting your audiences, both the terms of panelists (to use an offline equivalent) and the audience at large. Although Google+ is still lagging compared to Twitter and Facebook, it looks to have the best card to deal with that challenge.