Substack examined final 12 months, permitting Substack Bestsellers (the corporate’s prime customers) to stream video and join with a stay viewers and even collaborate with different Bestsellers. Now, the function is open to each Substack writer who needs to go stay. The one major requirement apart from needing an account is having a minimum of 10 free subscribers.
Publishers who go stay can learn feedback as they arrive in, much like Twitch. They’ll additionally collaborate with different publishers by asking them to hop on a name. At the moment, Substack is simply supporting as much as three folks in a single name.
After your stream ends, you get a replica of the VOD and likewise some AI-generated notes. The VOD will be posted as its personal put up to make sure readers and followers who missed out can expertise the stream on their very own time. The VODs are made public by default when shared as a put up, however they can be paywalled. Substack’s AI can generate clips you may share to draw viewers to look at the primary VOD if you happen to’re excited by selling your content material elsewhere.
Substack claims that its Bestsellers are proud of the function, which permits them to interact with their readers and viewers higher than earlier than. The total affect of stay video on Substack nonetheless stays questionable till extra publishers strive it out. Given what number of choices there are for streaming stay video as of late, it’s removed from a certain factor it’ll catch on right here.
