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The Live Page ​

The live page is the heart of Slipmat — it's where an event actually happens. When an artist is on the air, this is the page where you watch and listen, chat with everyone else, and cheer the artist on.

What's on the page ​

  • The stream — the live video and audio.
  • Chat — the conversation for the event, right next to the video.
  • Reactions — while the event is live you can send real-time reactions that everyone sees.
  • The audience — you can see who else is here.

The live page is the same whether the event was scheduled in advance or started on the spur of the moment; only the address differs.

Watching an event ​

Anyone can open a public or unlisted event and watch — you don't need an account just to listen. To join the chat, send reactions, or show up in the audience, sign in.

During the warmup before a scheduled event, the doors are open and chat is already live, but the video hasn't started yet — it's the online version of gathering before the gig begins. When the artist starts the event, the video goes live.

Chat on the live page ​

The chat next to the video is the event's own chat. You can open more than one channel at the same time — for example a direct message alongside the main event chat — and switch between them. The set of channels you have open is remembered per event, so if you reload the page it comes back the way you left it.

If you're an artist's crew member, or friends with someone in the room, you can start a direct message with them from their profile on the live page.

Seeing the audience ​

The live page shows the people in the room. Signed-in listeners appear with their avatar, and you can tell who's actively listening versus who's stepped away. Listeners without an account are counted too, so the artist and the room always know how big the crowd is.

Finding an event ​

  • An artist who's playing an ad hoc event is always at /<artist>/live/.
  • A scheduled event has its own address at /<artist>/<event>/.
  • The /<artist>/live/ address always takes you to whatever that artist has on right now, and sends you to their profile if they're not currently live.