Collaborative Video
StoryTime
Short-form video that branches — start a story, and watch the world continue it.
StoryTime is a collaborative short-form video platform. Every clip is fifteen seconds and continues another — stories grow into a branching tree of possibilities, and the strongest path rises to the top.
The problem, and the approach.
The problem
Short-form video is the most engaging format on the internet and the most passive. Billions of people scroll it; almost none shape it. A video ends, and the only thing a viewer can do is swipe to the next one. The format has enormous creative energy and no way for an audience to do anything with it — every story is finished before it is seen, and every viewer is a spectator.
The approach
StoryTime turns watching into participating. Every clip is a fifteen-second vertical video that continues another — a twist, an escalation, a reveal, an ending. A story is not a single video but a branching tree of them, and anyone can add the next branch. A ranking system surfaces the strongest continuation as the default path, while every alternative branch stays explorable. The result is storytelling as a collective act: one person starts, and the audience decides where it goes.
What the platform does.
The working surface of the platform — the capabilities a team relies on day to day.
Branching stories
Every clip continues another; a story grows into a tree of branches rather than a single linear video.
Fifteen-second clips
Each contribution is a short vertical video — fast to make, fast to watch, and easy to build on.
Continuation types
A new clip is framed as a twist, an escalation, a reveal, an ending, or a reaction — giving every branch a clear intent.
Best-branch ranking
A ranking model surfaces the strongest path through a story as the default, while every alternative stays one tap away.
Branch explorer
Viewers can leave the default path and explore how else a story could have gone.
Automated moderation
Every clip passes an automated vision, speech, and language moderation check before it reaches the feed.
From start to outcome.
Start
Someone posts a fifteen-second clip — the root of a new story.
Watch
Viewers follow the best branch, autoplaying through the story.
Continue
Anyone records a clip that extends it — a twist, a reveal, an ending.
Rank
Ranking surfaces the strongest continuation as the default path.
Explore
Different choices lead down different branches of the same story.
What sets it apart.
A genuinely new format — branching, collaborative video, not another linear short-form feed.
Every clip has intent — twist, escalation, reveal, ending — so a story builds with shape, not noise.
The crowd curates — ranking surfaces the best path while keeping every alternative branch alive.
Moderation built in — automated review screens every clip before it is seen.
Who it serves
- Short-form video creators looking for a format with more range
- Viewers who want to shape a story, not just scroll past it
- Communities and fandoms building stories together
- A mobile-first, eighteen-and-over social audience
Built with
StoryTime is being built iOS-first, with its branching engine, ranking, and moderation pipeline already running. The path ahead is the polished mobile experience that makes adding to a story as effortless as watching one — and, in time, reaching beyond iOS.
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