“By the time our event happened, there was a new performance-oriented component in the [Stream] SDK that we were able to integrate within a few hours, We had no issues with chat performance during the event.”
"We put that up on Hackernews, and within a few hours, it went to number one. The site started crashing because we had public Dropbox links. The head of engineering for Dropbox happened to look at the Hackernews post and said that they’d upgrade us to the maximum pro plan for the day. They’re not supposed to be used for public Dropbox links, but he said they’d keep the site up because they think it’s cool. And that was day one of Unsplash."
“Our community is by far the number one thing that differentiates us from our competition, Stream helps make Benzinga an actual community. Whether it’s discussing the hot stock of the day, responding to technical questions, or encouraging users to attend our daily virtual happy hours, Stream Chat is an integral way we support our members."
"Integrating Stream Chat with our existing systems was smooth, thanks to its well-documented API and support from its customer success team. This ease of integration allowed us to quickly implement the chat functionality without causing disruptions in our ongoing operations."
"1.000.000+ views, of which 377.000 are gathered in the last month, 8700 downloads and 570 likes. To give you some perspective; I have posted 16 photos on Instagram in the past month, which only provided me with 11.188 views. This is especially striking when you consider that I have about 900 followers on Instagram, compared to about 30 followers on Unsplash."
“We expect this event to really take off, and the chat functionality will certainly be utilized to drive engagement.”
“Youth will have the opportunity to log in during the live show, and we’ll specifically ask viewers to use the chat to participate in contests, ask questions, and win prizes. We anticipate some very large viewership numbers for this event and a lot of activity in the chat box.”
"Based on the documentation, it answered many problems that I faced before. it was quite appealing and the main reason why we have Stream in the platform right now."
“Generally, the integration went well — I think it was pretty straightforward. There was a little back and forth between our team and Stream’s team, and the support has gone well."
“Communication is a big area where I think Stream has helped us by allowing us to incorporate chat and announcements."
"We're centralizing information for students and giving them a full view of campus life. But we're also creating space for real social interaction—like actually meeting people, forming connections, and building community."
"Our Activity feed was extremely slow, and it was just a mess to maintain. Now it’s entirely powered by Stream. A massive upgrade.”
"Stream's React Native SDK gives us the whole UI—and building that in-house is a nightmare. We also have offline support with the React Native SDK, which we could never build ourselves."
“Stream Chat got us up and running and professional-grade in almost no time. We could look and act big, even though Hovr was just getting out of the gates."
"Stream Chat allows us to focus on building Benzinga Pro and supporting our community, not the chat technology powering it.”