Meljoann
#Owncast music streamers!
On New Year's Day Parade, we were chatting how to find each other on the directory... Maybe using a tag, like this? https://directory.owncast.online/tags/bonk
Although I haven't YET submitted one of my many #bonkwave tracks to a comp, I like #bonk as a tag! What do yous think?
Kit Rhett Aultman
@ety @gabek @ke7zum @lislegaard @meljoann Honestly, that'd be a huge, huge thing to me. I'd definitely highlight this in the new newsletter, too.
ringthe^g
@gabek @ke7zum @lislegaard @meljoann
Maybe a good starting point would be to assemble a list of all the neat community tools that have been built for owncast and look for gaps, start building POCs from there?
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ringthe^g
@gabek @ke7zum @lislegaard @meljoann I think that's plenty respectable.
Though monetization is probably the absolute lowest priority for me, personally, I think it's probably something that's going to be top of mind for people looking to branch out from Twitch, and they're all going to have their own ideas on how to monetize.
Generally, agreed though, we can achieve a _lot_ with the integration options in place today, especially the external actions.
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Gabe Kangas
Meljoann
@lislegaard @ety @ke7zum @gabek yeah definitely, I think the promise of a side income is what keeps a lot of people on Twitch.
I had an idea a while ago for something that would parse commands like !cheer in the chat, so that people could pre-pay a little bit to the server’s Opencollective or something. And then you could see from the time the command was issued which streamer to apportion the “bits” to.
But I have no idea how to code that 😆
Kristoffer Lislegaard
Oh yes I was part of the glide crew!
Very interesting to see how this will turn out after a while.
One thing I really like with Twitch btw is how it is so natural for people to donate. Not just technically but also culturally. But that is another rabbit hole I guess.
I still like the word glide thought! Gliding between likeminded servers!
Meljoann
@ety @ke7zum @gabek oh interesting! Well I guess if we all use the “group tag” idea we were discussing, that means we’re OK to be raided?
Also, I remember a late night convo on NYD about using “Glide” or something instead of “Raid” haha! Sounds friendlier 😆 But will people know what we mean?!
ringthe^g
@meljoann @ke7zum the last thing I need to do is add a consent modal, such as "The streamer is attempting you RAID you over to <url>. Do you want to go along?"
Right now it just yeets viewers over on streamer request, which squicks me out a bit. I was saving the modal for last because it's going to be a PITA to shim in.
(And @gabek don't sell yourself or the project short; the front-end is plenty polished!)
ringthe^g
@gabek @ke7zum @meljoann oof, and I just finished writing a mega sketchy raid handler for my instance.
Actually, it's not oof at all, I love to see it! I feel bad every time I bolt some sketchy js onto the otherwise beautiful polish of OwnCast.
Meljoann
Gabe Kangas
Meljoann
@ke7zum I think it could really work, if a whole group of us choose a tag! Then, whenever we feel like watching something, or we’re finished our stream and would like to “raid into” our friend’s channel, we could just use the directory?
Maybe one for music, one for games, one for coding streams? Those are the three categories I like to watch, anyway :)
Sarah A
@meljoann That sounds like a good idea. What such a thing even work? And what if more than one person uses that #.I'mNotFullyAwakeAtTheMomentSoI'mHopingMyIdeaOrMyQuestionMakesSomeKindOfSense.HappyFriday. I keep drawing a blank when it comes to the own cast directory though. I don't actually have that book marked in my browser. That might have to change as I keep forgetting to tune into some very cool stuff.
Kit Rhett Aultman
@ety @gabek @ke7zum @lislegaard @meljoann Personally, I'm quite anti-GH, but I think the right answer is to have this up in any flexible way you feel is right. In a lot of ways, I think it's stronger to have it exist outside the Owncast org; it's more about "how to make your Owncast instance the best it can be", which I feel is what we, as a community, should discuss and share outside of the core org.
ringthe^g
@roadriverrail @gabek @ke7zum @lislegaard @meljoann I'm thinking something like this, but for owncast: https://github.com/clonemeagain/awesome-osticket
Would this make sense to list under the owncast org in GitHub? Is GH even the right option?
Kit Rhett Aultman
@meljoann @gabek Does iOS have a native app for it? I use a native app for it on Android.
Meljoann
@gabek aw thanks! It doesn’t load at all on Firefox iOS (just the spinning loading icon), and on Vivaldi iOS the “Create Account” link just redirects back to the login page…
Gabe Kangas
Meljoann
@ke7zum @roadriverrail @ety @gabek @lislegaard
I tried to join the Rocket.chat a few times, but my phone won’t load it 🥲 That’s how I do all me chattin’… keep meaning to do it on the laptop
Sarah A
@roadriverrail @ety @gabek @lislegaard @meljoann Agreed, tghen we can work as a community and build a much better what ever this will turn out to be
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