As I see it, the platform looks like its slowing down to the point that nothing is really happening on this site. However, as we can see due to what we've seen recently in the actions of YouTube and Twitch, the content creating community is sick of these platforms and are hungry for a new platform.
I believe this is a fairly good opportunity for a business venture or something for Optimus and a good chance for the community to thrive again. Yes, I know this site would have to change a lot and it's original purpose wasn't exactly this. However, as I think, this is a good opportunity and we have nothing to lose if we change the site to a content creation site. However, shit ain't free so it most likely won't happen because this is a full transition from a forum site to a business that I just described.
The site is already owned by someone with a following that knows the struggles of a content creator. So i figured this would be a good idea because these other site owners are so user-hostile its nuts.
TD;LR Where do you think this site should go? Do you think it should become a content creation (kinda like twitch and youtube but user friendly) site? If so, do you think it would succeed?
This is way to long to read
Then get an attention span. Forum posts aren't always supposed to be a couple words, especially considering the fact I had the question, then transitioned into my opinion. Not to mention I added a TD;LR for this specific reason
I think that may be straying to far away from the original purpose of this site. Like you said, "shit ain't free". A Youtube that doesn't fuck you over every five minutes? SIGN ME UP! But I don't think it would happen to this site. The initial idea of basically having a "Youtube 2" excites me. But again no on this site. I don't know maybe if he got funding from someone or some company, then it may be possible. (Or maybe he could just pull the money out of his pocket, but that's unlikely. Plus Youtube, being as big as it is, would more than likely overshadow any other competitors. But if Youtube for some reason had a big Shutdown orsome shit like that, then people would move on to other social media outlets like Instagram. Instagram has the IGTV section where you can post videos longer then 1 minutes, people could just move to that.
There will be no purpose of this site if Optimus retires or gets banned off of YouTube lol
Right now I'm actually working on something like this as we speak
What's the Domain gonna be called? Do you plan on an algorithm? How will you manage your content creators?