Comment by DreadPirate616 on 20/08/2019 at 17:58 UTC*

2199 upvotes, 11 direct replies (showing 11)

View submission: Announcing RPAN, a limited-time live broadcasting experience

Ok well I for one actually enjoy this feature, so here's some actual feedback:

1. Please, please remove the thing where RPAN automatically changes videos after a certain amount of time. A lot of the broadcasts are music or ASMR, things that we have on in the background to listen to, so the "autoplay" thing ruins that.

2. Remove the RPAN icon from the top bar on the redesign, or at least grey it out so it doesn't look like a notification.

3. Make it more obvious how to start a stream yourself. I still can't find that button. (EDIT: It's only on mobile? Why!?!)

4. You should really add a sidebar that allows you to scroll through all the streams, like a normal reddit thread. It's so tedious going one by one, and it's hard to go back to one that you already passed.

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Comment by jhaluska at 20/08/2019 at 18:44 UTC

35 upvotes, 1 direct replies

2. Remove the RPAN icon from the top bar on the redesign, or at least grey it out so it doesn't look like a notification.

That was the intention. They wanted people to click on it.

Comment by Sn00byD00 at 20/08/2019 at 18:44 UTC

779 upvotes, 13 direct replies

Thank you - this is helpful feedback! If you have other thoughts as you use RPAN, we've set up a new community, r/PAN, to collect feedback, understand pain points, answer questions and find ways to improve the experience.

Comment by sporkatr0n at 21/08/2019 at 01:23 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It's only on mobile? Why!?!

so that you have to use the official app. they can't datamine your desktop browser like they can your phone!

Comment by [deleted] at 20/08/2019 at 18:13 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

5. Add some way to "favorite" streamers so we can easily revisit them later.

Comment by [deleted] at 20/08/2019 at 18:17 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The people hating on this clearly haven't seen "Space Goat Stuck In Wormhole. Send Help." yet.

So far it's like Interdimensional Cable.

Comment by Sn00byD00 at 20/08/2019 at 20:15 UTC

-47 upvotes, 7 direct replies

1. We did this to encourage people to explore different broadcasts but we've heard that it can be confusing. If you decide not to change videos by clicking "KEEP WATCHING", it should not try to switch you again.

2. We wanted to distinguish RPAN visually since it's only on for a limited time period. But we hear you.

3. We prioritized broadcasting features for mobile only for this experience. If you'd like to broadcast via desktop please tell us more at r/pan.

4. Noted!

Thanks!

Comment by [deleted] at 26/08/2019 at 20:38 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Just a quick note on why it's mobile only, though im sure someone has chimed in already.. It seems that's the nature of the format. It's all vertical feeds, everyone's broadcasting from their phones. It's essentially a phone network of videos.

Comment by ifonefox at 20/08/2019 at 20:23 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It's only on mobile? Why!?!

The only good reason I can think of is they only want people to stream from outward-facing phone cameras, not a computer's user-facing camera.