Periscope - Explore the world through someone else's eyes

It will be interesting to watch Meerkat and Periscope duel it out. Differences in UX and features aren't relevant. The winner is going to be whoever has the best content. The platform that wins will be wherever the celebrities and big-name Youtubers end up...

Periscope is more polished than meerkat. I'll be wherever the richest community is, as the polished interface is only a minor differentiator.

Pretty beautifully done @twitter - lots of potential here.

Massive congrats to @kayvz and team on the Persicope launch. I've been a huge fan of the beta, and am really stoked that it's out there for everyone to see now!

Big fan of the design of the app. Also like how the app store button gets bigger on hover.

Any thoughts on implications for YouTube? Dying a slow death seems to me.

I can't wait to see how this plays out and if twitter will block meerkat

@kayvz, will there be an ability to search for streams (keywords or location)?

This won't kill Meerkat any time soon because Meerkat already established a unique community and culture that will be very hard for anyone to take away. That's the power of community, when you have two very similar products, people remain loyal to the place where they feel like they belong, and they're invested. That's not to say some people won't switch. And periscope will undoubtedly build their own community and culture. I've been following both for a few weeks now and I see the way people use and think about Periscope is different. Ultimately we're going to see two unique products developed over time with unique communities loyal to each. Which one will get bigger and ultimately be the #1? TBD. Meerkat has the first mover advantage. Periscope has a Goliath behind it. And it's a long road from here.

There are 2 reasons why I instantly like this better than Meerkat. 1.) Beautiful UI, easy-to-understand UX 2.) There's a fine line between "growth" and "spam" when it comes to onboarding tactics. Meerkat made me question the autopushing to Twitter as one or the other (still undecided). It did leave an opening bad taste in my mouth however that I haven't been able to quite get rid of. Periscope feels like a natural extension of what Twitter is/can be. Ironically, I was having issues connecting to Twitter this morning to share my feed. I'm guessing this has been controlled on purpose as it rolls out?