Periscope's livestreaming revolution is nowhere to be found in Baltimore
Periscope and Meerkat are designed to help people capture nearby events in real time, from concerts to sporting events to protests. Meerkat describes it as "spontaneous togetherness."
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But in Baltimore this week, where protests began after an African-American man named Freddie Gray died in police custody, Periscope and Meerkat are conspicuously absent from the deluge of social media posts.
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These few journalists aside, neither Periscope or Meerkat seems to have caught on with regular citizens. Instead, they're relying on Vine, Instagram, and Twitter's built-in video service to record and share their activities.
The benefit of these other services over the livestreaming apps is that recorded videos don't expire and can be shared on mobile and desktop platforms.
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