[BinaryResult]

Hey Guys,

I am one of the Co-founders of Disco Melee (https://beta.discomelee.com/hub). We are a live streaming social network designed around the needs of gamers. You could think of us like if Twitch and Facebook had a baby who liked to party and was eyeing up Reddit for a future fling.

The gamers that find us tend to rave about our overall vision, low latency and other base features like IM system, streamer storefronts, and free donate/sub buttons for all. The problem however is that (except for our hardcore believers) they don't seem stick around very long due to the pull of network effects from the established players. What strategies could you recommend for overcoming network effects to the point where we can start generating our own? Thanks!

[tlb]

Social networks are all about network effects. It's nearly impossible to compete head-to-head with an established social network (which is why established social network companies are so valuable).

Usually, the answer is to focus on a niche where you can do something special to be dramatically better than the incumbents, so you can dominate the niche. On your site I see Street Fighter V, which is pretty mainstream and works fine on Twitch. Is there some game you can support 10x better than Twitch?