Dlive, a livestreaming platform that has attracted a far-right userbase, had a near record of 150K concurrent viewers on Wednesday, according to estimates
A site called Dlive, where rioters broadcast from the Capitol, is benefiting from the growing exodus of right-wing users from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
Great piece by @TaylorLorenz and @Kellen_Browning about Dlive, the platform white nationalist Baked Alaska used to livestream and monetize himself from inside the Capitol https://www.nytimes.com/...
Baked Alaska made more than $2,000 while streaming himself breaking into lawmaker's offices at the Capitol on Dlive, the far right's favorite livestreaming platform https://www.nytimes.com/...
You can find a more careful data-driven analysis (no backs of envelopes - how about actual software!) in this article from @MichaelEHayden for @splcenter https://www.splcenter.org/...
These guys monetizing their streams of storming the Capitol in an attempt to steal a President election for Donald Trump is just exceptional writing. Multiple layers of theme and character development all working together in ways that emphasize the core of the story. https://twit…