Get the latest tech news

Substack is trying to turn its writers into streamers


Live video is Substack’s newest social network-esque feature.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. Substack has increasingly been expanding from its roots as a newsletter platform, including by adding Twitter-like Notes posts and the ability to publish video podcasts and even letting people follow other users without subscribing to them. With live video, creators will be able to interact with their fans in real time without having to rely on another platform like Twitch.

Get the Android app

Or read this on The Verge

Read more on:

Photo of Substack

Substack

Photo of streamers

streamers

Photo of writers

writers

Related news:

News photo

Substack, a newsletter service, is now also a live video company

News photo

Black Myth: Wukong Devs Told Streamers to Avoid Politics in Their Playthroughs

News photo

Constraining writers in distributed systems