Portal:Services to Speak to an Audience

Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that?

Recommendation from the Hive Mind / Brain Trust

 * Use Zoom to stream to YouTube as a first test.
 * Streaming for Dummies

Video Casters
Multi-stream to YouTube, Twitch, etc.


 * https://zoom.us/ - Ability to stream to Facebook, YouTube, Custom Possibly easiest to set up and to stream to multiples service. Has screen sharing and white board.
 * https://streamyard.com/ - Ability to stream to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Periscope, Twitch
 * https://obsproject.com/ - Difficult to use, but people use it.
 * https://restream.io/studio - Ability to stream everywhere. Monthly subscription to consider. Advanced features but easy to use.

Video

 * https://www.youtube.com/ - Should be considered the canonical stream. Could be linked to your existing YouTube channel.
 * https://www.twitch.tv/ - Could be simulcast here, too. Why not?
 * https://www.pscp.tv/ - Since, you're announcing on Twitter, it makes sense to simulcast here.
 * https://facebook.com/ - Access to normies.
 * https://jitsi.org/
 * https://mixer.com/

Video Tools

 * https://streamlabs.com/
 * https://obsproject.com/

Not Video

 * WordPress - If you're going to create a website, you should use this. Highly configurable and very widely used by devs.
 * Medium - Easy to get up and running, but not configurable.

Community

 * Reddit
 * Discord
 * Mighty Networks - costs money but allows you to provide courses, organize topics well, and users can find people near them to build local community.

Pros and Cons to Consider

 * Technical overhead
 * ability for people to ask questions live
 * audience/reach