Is there a video platform that allows for asynchronous commenting?

April 27, 2021 2:10 PM

Has anyone ever seen a video platform that allows for asynchronous commenting/reactions that are similar to the time-stamped comments/reactions on a Facebook Live video? I.e., can I post a video, send it to a group, they ask questions/post comments whenever they're watching, and then come back back in later and answer all the questions? And then the questions and answers are all visible, time-stamped, in the feed? Bonus points if the first showing of the video CAN be a live feed.
posted by sirion to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)

VoiceThread does this, but it seems to be available only to businesses and schools.
posted by brianogilvie at 2:18 PM on April 27, 2021

Response by poster: Skillshare apparently does this but I'd need to get my whole audience paying for memberships there to share it with them
posted by sirion at 2:19 PM on April 27, 2021

You might want to give this a read: Tips for setting up remote lessons — 3Blue1Brown.

I dunno, their sorta livestream math class with polls, questions (test like and from participants) was pretty snazzy but probably a lot of work. Not sure if they made a good HOWTO, or maybe a site that lets you do the same or not. It's a longshot.
posted by zengargoyle at 2:55 PM on April 27, 2021

Response by poster: Just discovered Frame.io and I think it does all the things...
posted by sirion at 3:19 PM on April 27, 2021 [2 favorites]

TechSmith's video review is designed to compile feedback on video, but doesn't do the live feed part.
posted by Paragon at 5:05 PM on April 27, 2021

I think Loom might fit the bill here.
posted by majikstreet at 7:10 PM on April 27, 2021

I’ve seen YouTube do this.
posted by miles1972 at 1:02 AM on April 28, 2021

If you put a video on Dropbox, anyone who is able to view the video can comment in a timestamped fashion. As they watch the video, they can pause it, tyoe in a comment, and that comment will be timestamped and available for everyone else to view.
posted by ejs at 4:00 PM on April 29, 2021