Never really been a fan of Twit. Mostly because of the online shenanigans I won't mention. He says its due to trolls for stopping the live stream and chat. I believe its to edit mistakes like accidental release of a picture during a live broadcast. An oops moment.
I agree with Linuxcooldude. I could go into who I think is really behind these decisions, but I'll just leave that out of this post.
It sounds like they're going to explore chat room options. A monthly fee to be in a member's only chat room might just work. And they aren't just phasing it out either. They're getting rid of the chat cold turkey. It'll be really interesting to see the reaction and/or fallout to this decision. I think Twit will be fine in the long run.
Although, it sounds like they're moving more toward the cable network model of pre-taped, pre-edited programs that wouldn't need a chat room anyway. I think we're seeing that with THE NEW SCREEN SAVERS. They're cutting to packages and segments that are clearly taped and edited. I'm assuming SCREEN SAVERS and THIS WEEK IN TECH will still be live. Or maybe not???
I hope one day my show gets popular enough that I have to worry about trolls in my chat room.
wow...not unexpected though. I used to listen to a ton of TWiT shows, now it's down to some of TWiT and Macbreak Weekly and most of Windows Weekly and Security Now. I tend to get bored with all the Apple Watch talk on TWiT and MBW. Unless there's something really interesting I tune out and move to the next podcast in my list.
I don't believe this is the end the chatroom or live content. It might be for the short term but they will be back with a pay model for the "TWiT Army" This might be a great excuse for him to charge the listeners 9.99 a month to have access to live content and be part of the community.
Well since this afternoon so much has changed. Perez Hilton and a few other sites have picked up the story.
This is just turning really strange. It seems like Twit will not be ending live content and will also most likely keep the chatroom.
http://www.ibroadcastnetwork.org/new...d-live-content
Lisa posted a response on the twit website
http://twit.tv/2015/05/27/evolution-twit-live
Part of this is the TWiT chat room, which offers direct access to our hosts and guests. Our volunteer moderators have always been diligent in keeping the chat on topic and not letting a few troublemakers derail the discussion. But it's gotten to where moderating the chat and people's frustrations with that have become a distraction. There has to be a better way, and we are working on a new chat solution to maintain a high level of interaction with our audience. We'll have more details on this soon.
The other part is our live stream, where you can watch us record our shows. With the number of shows on our network--now more than 20--adhering to a set schedule sometimes constrains our ability to produce live content. This doesn't mean that the live stream is going away, but we are going to mix up the format and offer both live and pre-recorded shows to minimize downtime. To this end, we may modify our broadcast schedule.
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