Substack examined stay video final yr, permitting Substack Bestsellers (the corporate’s prime customers) to stream video and join with a stay viewers and even collaborate with different Bestsellers. Now, the function is open to each Substack writer who needs to go stay. The one major requirement apart from needing an account is having at the least 10 free subscribers.
Publishers who go stay can learn feedback as they arrive in, much like Twitch. They’ll additionally collaborate with different publishers by asking them to hop on a name. At the moment, Substack is barely supporting as much as three individuals in a single name.
After your stream ends, you get a replica of the VOD and in addition some AI-generated notes. The VOD may be posted as its personal put up to make sure readers and followers who missed out can expertise the stream on their very own time. The VODs are made public by default when shared as a put up, however they will also be paywalled. Substack’s AI can generate clips you possibly can share to draw viewers to observe the primary VOD for those who’re excited by selling your content material elsewhere.
Substack claims that its Bestsellers are pleased with the function, which permits them to have interaction with their readers and viewers higher than earlier than. The total impression of stay video on Substack nonetheless stays questionable till extra publishers attempt it out. Given what number of choices there are for streaming stay video lately, it’s removed from a positive factor it’ll catch on right here.
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