Since last fall, I’ve been hooked on Periscope live streams. For those of you that don’t know, Periscope is a site that Twitter acquired a few years ago. It has continued to grow and has a very active community. Similar to Facebook-Live or Instagram-Live (you can see my IG photos here), Periscope is, in my opinion, the largest and best community of live streamers.
Speaking of community, I’ve been following a number of “scopers” and have developed friendships around the world. It is fun to watch these people as they go about their lives on cam. From a school teacher in Japan (yes you Kim!) to a domestic worker, Nikki, in Hong Kong, a Japanese lady, Saki, demonstrating Japanese Culture and Kimonos, or even a dog walker, Darren, in Sydney Australia. I could go on and on, but if you visit my Twitter feed (@cshaul), you will see a number of reposts from some of my favorite live streamers!
These engaging and informative broadcasts become addictive. I’ll briefly share my progression into the Periscope world. I started watching scopes sometime in 2015. I don’t remember exactly. I was not really participating in the conversation (yes you can have a two-way dialog with people). Then sometime last year, I started engaging with my regular scope favorites. Then I went to Japan and while I was there, I met one of these scopers and she encouraged me to try scoping. I scoffed at it, but then after returning to the US, I gave it a try. It was/is fun. You essentially video whatever it is you are doing, in my case most of my scopes are at the dog park with my Dalmation Sogo. Then you have a dialog with viewers. It’s fun!
I will write more about scoping, Periscope and other topics in the near future. But in the meanwhile here are a few of my recent scopes for you to check out. I should point out that Periscope is primarily a mobile app. While you can watch on the web, most people are watching on their phone, which is a better experience.
Check out my Scopes from Today: (note: these are previews, click on them to see the proper screen proportion)
Recent Periscope Live Streams
Griffith Park, Los Angeles #travel #chat https://t.co/QXxdWgU2Vf
— Chris Shaul (@cshaul) March 17, 2018
#dog park2 phone crashed https://t.co/JdFXyix0lA
— Chris Shaul (@cshaul) March 17, 2018
From a few days ago when I was traveling:
Airport #chat take 2 #eggdrp https://t.co/N83OAikaCq
— Chris Shaul (@cshaul) March 14, 2018
From Last Month:
Morning walk with the #dog #perloverstribe #peripets #eggdrp https://t.co/WgyocJBBu9
— Chris Shaul (@cshaul) February 10, 2018
If you go to either my Periscope Page or my Twitter account, where you can find a lot more Periscope Live Streams. Please be sure to follow me to get my latest scope broadcasts!