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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.
* <span class="highlight">[[Streaming for Dummies]]</span>

== Video Casters ==

Multi-stream to YouTube, Twitch, etc.

* https://zoom.us/ - Ability to stream to [https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115001777826-Live-Streaming-Meetings-or-Webinars-Using-a-Custom-Service 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 [https://streamyard.com/ 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 ==

* [https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePortal/ Reddit]
* Discord
* [https://mightynetworks.com/ 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