Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Why use picarto? (I've tried them all)

Typing this from my phone so any typos are the result of autocorrect. Important: This is my opinion/review. You don't have to tell me why you prefer whatever. Especially if it's "well I'd use it but my computer is a toaster so I still use joinme" My review/reasoning is based on a few categories: - clarity/quality of stream -customization -stability -traffic/audience -COST -features -events -customer service So let's start with why picarto won my heart and then I'll touch on the downsidesof "competition". Picarto: While yes I understand picarto has its glitch moments it has NEVER been without being followed by an update. This site is CONSTANTLY growing. Constantly advertising. Improving and listening to their customers. I'm continually seeing them respond to questions and concerns on twitter. The offer three broadcasters. Obs, xsplit, and their own client (?). The clarity of their streams is unrivaled. No fuzzyness. If your Internet is pretty good you will not have dropped stream problems. The follower option is awesome! I have over 400. Because of this as well they reward you for bring active and having a fan base by putting you on the front page at times as well as in the popular streams category. This allows more people to come in and check you out. I've got followers that have come in and said "I'm not a furry but i love your art". And through that I gained new followers and even some commissions. They are THE most reasonable priced. For LESS than ten dollars you can multistream, customize, and get added chat features such as an automatic raffle selection that makes taking in stream commissions unique. No money? That's okay. It's FREE to stream with no viewer limit unlike some places. You can also discuss with them doing charity streams through them and they may help you out. And customer service is great. Like I said they always respond to twitter and emails. They were GREAT. With helping me out. And they really listen to suggestions and critique. Do you see a downside yet? Now let's discuss where others fell short. Livestream: Once the dominating stream site. Has lost many artists due to their changes. Their chat and stream drops. Nude art will get you banned. And if you want to uograde? You're looking at a hefty amount. Livestream you dug your grave. Lay in it. Joinme: While it has the neat feature of a group stream call. That won't save it from the fact half the features require you to buy a membership. Otherwise all you've got is a soundless screen capture that is laggy as hell. Joinme. You can stick to being for businesses. Twitch; It's for games. You aren't gonna get new traffic and you can get suspended for misusing it by not gaming. Twitch you're great for games. I don't blame you for anything. Furstream: I had high hopes for you. But as time has gone on you're a second resort. You are very close in clarity. And cost. You can stream limitless for free. Hover the stream drops and lags a LOT. they have a patreon that mentions they'll give you premium when they make it buy it doesn't say ANYTHING about features you'd get or the fact that your donations would go toward some months of your oremium. They have no multistream option either. I do like that they stream some convention events but other than that I'll just be waiting mostly for their imorovements. Then MAYBE i'd put then on the same level as picarto.tv. I mean they do also offer good exposure. O love that front page layout and it always seems to bring new people to my stream. You guys have growing to do. But you could be great. Tigerdile: The last time I reviews tigerdile I hadn't even tried it. Well after using it in secret for at least three months I've got some valid input. Let me start with the one positive to me. Homecon. Homecon is an event that is basically an at home con treating streams like artists tables. They encourage people to check things out. I got a lot of traffic that day. If you're going to pay 15 dollars to stream...if you want your money's worth I'd do it during that. Otheriwse, tigerdile costs 5 dollars for a 10 viewer limit. And 15 (?) For unlimited viewing. What does this give you? Multistream. Their front page previewer is not my favorite. You hover to get a screen cap preview. And traffic was awful. I gained 5 new watchers total. In the entire time I tried it. They say they bring you commissions. I feel it's the other way around. To make a point I never advertised when I would stream on tigerdile. Because apparently their own community would just join was my understanding. Nope. I got more traffic doing the same thing on furstream. I had two loyal followers that can attest to ALL of this. Tigerdile you've got Homecon on your side. But other than that I'm not seeing it. And you seem to refuse any critique that involves recognizing your competition and their prices and feautures. Instead you defend. New artists get highly overlooked. On their. So many 1 and 2 viewer streams. I went in and talked to them too and they said "oh it's always like this for me". And some were really good. Anyway. That's all. Picarto for the win. My nets too hanky for it right now yeah. But i definitely stand with them. Go check out their new uodates! Picarto.tv

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