Wacht.tv

Wacht.tv

Reddit meets MTV, discover music videos!

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Wacht.tv is a music video discovery platform that helps you find new music outside of your youtube recommend bubble. It relies on human curation and users recommendations to provide you with new and exciting music.
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Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
šŸ‘‹ Hi everyone, Wacht.tv comes from my love of Reddit and my experience growing up watching music videos on TV. Finding good music videos these days is kinda like playing whack a mole, you randomly start clicking around and if your lucky you find something good. I wanted to reduce the randomness by creating a dedicated space for one of my favorite types of video content. I felt the best way to format the site was in Reddit style product that was optimized for video and incorporated the best bits of television. šŸ“ŗ Turn of your brain and enjoy a television like experience with the site's stream view šŸ”Ž Filter by genre, release date and format (performance, music video, visualizer) šŸ¤ Compact list view reminiscent of old Reddit šŸ› ļø Built entirely with no code, shout out to bubble.io
ronsheridan
Q: Why stop at Video?
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@ronsheridan I think by focusing just video I can add richer features that work for the format and amplify its inherent qualities. For example the stream view that plays like television wouldn't be possible if I added pictures.
ronsheridan
@ronsheridan @joel_loyol1 Your instincts are clearly spot on. I guess I was mostly reacting and not thinking, but to the extent I was thinking it was more next stage. I recently read somewhere that tools that allow people to build value on top of Reddit would be an emerging category within Startup, and Wacth.tv clearly is a concept proof.
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@ronsheridan @joel_loyol1 yeah I think focusing on Video is the only way the site can ever be competitive with a juggernaut like Reddit.
Ted Spare
Cal.com
Great idea! I've been finding new music on Wacht.tv for a few weeks now. One of the features that's kept me hooked is the simple, crowdsourced sorting behind the top videos. It does remind me of earlier days on the internet.
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@tedspare Thanks Ted that is amazing to hear.
Carol Blake
Thanks for the recommendation
Alison Sopt
When I was little, my parents and I watched TV a lot of the time. They turned on the news in the evenings, I watched cartoons after kindergarten, and then after school. But when everyone had their own computer, we stopped using the TV. And it's not surprising: why should I wait to watch a movie if I can easily find it online? But when I went to high school, TV began to gain demand again. It became convenient to use streaming sites, play the console, and we bought a TV again. The last time we bought a TV in the living room, as we couldn't decide on the parameters for a long time https://colorviewfinder.co/
Stephanie Gwinn
I finally got 1 of my 25 videos approved.
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@stephanie_gwinn Hi Stephanie, I'm sorry you're upset with me and the site. I didn't set out to be a gatekeeper of content, unfortunately due to technical restraints I have to be. My long term goal is to make the platform as open as possible with different channels dedicated to different types of content. I would love to provide you with a channel that would provide you with a place that you can share the type of content you love. Unfortunately at this stage of the product I can't but I am working on making it possible to share content to your own personal channel which you can share with your friends and family. Again I'm very sorry and working on providing more clarity on approvals.
Stephanie Gwinn
@joel_loyol1 OK. I didn't know if approvals normally take that long or not since I'm new to the site. Should I stop submitting videos? How do you judge what gets approved and what doesn't. What do you base the decision on?
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@joel_loyol1 @stephanie_gwinn the goal of the site is recreate the feel of MTV back in the day but with modern music, unfortunately that doesn't create a space for all music. I need to do better job of communicating that, I'm sorry that the site isn't as inclusive as I want it to be and should be.
Stephanie Gwinn
@joel_loyol1 Oh, OK. I guess the site isn't really for me then. I'm a big Christian/Gospel music fan.
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@joel_loyol1 @stephanie_gwinn have you tried https://www.reddit.com/r/Christi... this might be good fit for what your looking for
Nathan Svirsky
šŸ‘ Great idea!
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@nathansvirsky thanks Nathan!
Matthew Kim
The youtube = tunnel vision, wacht.tv = mind opening. love this concept!
Robert Dougherty
:)Loving the way this looks. Great presentation!
Joel Loyol
Wacht.tv
Maker
@robertdougherty5 thanks Robert I have a design background so I'm glad it shows!
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