Thanks for posting Sean - you've always been our fave Norse god.
Hi hunters, Guy here - one of the co-founders and product designer behind Maven. We're happy to release Maven into open beta today and with that begin the first bold steps toward a corner of the internet we hope will grow into something special.
Maven is a video platform powered by micropayments. Myself and my co-founder Heidi have been video creators for about ten years now and what has become abundantly clear is that the economics behind how video content makers are both compensated and attributed on the internet desperately needs a re-think.
Maven encompasses three goals:
1. Redesign the video format itself to have the creator and community engagement front and centre.
- All the videos on Maven are interactive providing community members with extra features such as in video polls, image galleries and more.
2. Provide a platform which eschews an ad-based model in order to establish direct micropayments as a viable alternative
- we're beginning with simple tipping/donations but intend to forge ahead with a token wallet system, subscriptions in a future release
3. Champion video creators and provide them with tools to remain independent.
- At its heart Maven is an example of what happens when content makers learn to code. We think it's about time there was a video platform made for and made by creators.
We'd absolutely love any feedback, questions and comments. Thanks for your support and happy hunting!
Some in-depth info here: https://medium.com/letters-code/...
@guygunaratne i believe this is a winning approach for the industry! i watched a few of the videos on Maven and really enjoyed the contextual info. Saves me tons of time in researching and makes the content more immersive. I wonder what the experience of watching Game Of Thrones with context info on characters will be like.
@hunterbecton hey Hunter - yes indeed. Maven creators get access to our interactive video tool Storygami - which, yes, is where you can add your interactive cards into your videos. Those cards by the way are a bit of a secret sauce - they increase engagement by up to 90% and retention by up to 200%. The tech was road tested by the likes of Virgin Media, Al Jazeera News and some other content companies over the last two years - now we're offering the technology to independent content makers with the hope to help them build communities.
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