WeKiki

The best web-based multiparty video chat party platform.

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The best web-based multiparty video chat party platform.

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The best web-based multiparty video chat party platform. Where strangers become friends.

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Web App•Messaging•Streaming Services

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Kiki Schirr

WeKiki

Maker

Hi Product Hunt! WeKiki is a simple Chrome video chat platform. There can be up to four participants in video, and more watching and in the sidebar chat. We are currently only on Chrome, and non-mobile. The four person format is intimate— I’ve found in Appear.in that groups larger than 4 either talk over each other and get chaotic, or the opposite. In groups of 6+ people will turn their cameras off for long periods of time, or play music, or otherwise lag the conversation. Thank you in advance to the community for your questions, comments, and suggestions! I look forward to hearing what you have to say!

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8yr ago

Ben Tossell

Makerpad

@kikischirr Sooooo been waiting for this to be posted :) Blab obviously tried to do this before but couldn't get it to work (by their standards) So what is going to be different with WeKiki?

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8yr ago

Kiki Schirr

WeKiki

Maker

@bentossell haha, you struck the balance between patience and urging me to post very well, I would say! First, I would say that Blab was a magical product. I am a former Blab user and I, like many others, mourned its eventual demise, even if the writing had been on the wall for a while. I have remained in touch with many of the people I met on Blab, and even met or hosted several of the people I knew only from the Internet. So you might notice that this version of WeKiki looks rather familiar. We kept the 4-person format. There's an active sidebar chat. Many of the people are even the same, haha. But 2 major things separate us even now: 1. We took a different route with the technology, attempting more P2P connections 2. We intend to monetize (because we are bootstrapping!) And in the future we have plans to be very different--our monetization strategy is slotted to be private rooms. We will be offering private DMs. We will open our API to the addition of bots and other customizations. But for now, we're rather retro. Thanks for the question, Ben!

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8yr ago

Ben Tossell

Makerpad

@kikischirr Awesome - yeah I understand that you and blab would have had very different intentions too so was curious to hear about it :)

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8yr ago

Jp Valery

An American Road Trip

@kikischirr Impressive! Congrats :)

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8yr ago

Kiki Schirr

WeKiki

Maker

@jpvalery Thank you, JP!

8yr ago

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8yr ago

WeKiki

Maker

@sidneyshapiro Sidney, not going to lie, this message you left made me tear up. Meeting you IRL ("in real life") was one of the high points of 2016 for me. And August 12, the day Blab shut down, was definitely quite close to its nadir. A large part of my motivation in creating WeKiki was to bring people back together. I hope that we've started to accomplish that. :) Thanks, Sidney, for being along for the ride.

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8yr ago

Kristin Cheatwood

I love WeKiki! Kiki and her partner have done an AMAZING job of creating a platform that is for those of us who are in our 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s+ to connect! This platform is not full of hashtaging, seflie experting teenagers, but instead is full of real people wanting to make real connections with their peers!!! Kudos!

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8yr ago

Kiki Schirr

WeKiki

Maker

@cheatwoodphoto hahhaha, no teens?--it's a feature! :P To be fair, Cheats, don't we have a few teens?

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8yr ago

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