What is Periscope you may be asking? Periscope is the new video streaming platform that is taking the social media world by storm.
The video streaming platform is owned by Twitter, and in the first three months it gained over two million users and will soon be jostling for airtime alongside your much loved Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat accounts. Periscope is a “live video streaming platform”, which basically means you can transmit a live recording of yourself to your Periscope and Twitter followers. Imagine Skyping someone, but instead of video calling a single person, you’re instead linked up to the whole community. Not only that, whoever is watching you can comment and ask questions. These show up on your screen whilst broadcasting making it easy to answer and interact.Also, because Periscope is owned by Twitter, it automatically links up with your Twitter account. This means when you do a live transmission it appears on your Twitter newsfeed making it easier to build up followers from the word go. Additionally, you get a notification anytime the people you’re following do a live transmission. You can re-watch any video from your followers for 24 hours after the live broadcast. After that they disappear and no one, not even if it’s yours, can watch it back. You can also click through to the ‘World Map’ tab which shows you where all the live broadcasts are taking place at that moment. This is where you find some weird and wonderful stuff as you eavesdrop into people’s lives from around the globe. Note: These could be scary because your EXACT location is shown on the map. Meaning if you are home, it is best you don’t show your location. However, by not showing your location, it makes it more difficult to find you.
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