“Before TikTok and Instagram Live, there was BlogTV, Stickam, and Vichatter. For many ‘junior’ users (teens back in the late 2000s / early 2010s), these were the first places to host live shows, chat with friends, or just mess around with a webcam.”
Today, the "fixed" versions of these sites exist only in the Internet Archive or within small, private "revival" communities. While the original platforms are gone, their DNA lives on. The "Junior" communities of BlogTV paved the way for the creator economy, proving that people would watch "nothing" for hours as long as it was live and authentic. junior blogtv stickam vichatter fixed