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Tigerdile

2023-06-10T15:26:10Z

207.237.220.215: Yet MORE verbiage correction, and cleanup of now-dead links.

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{{Infobox website
| title = Tigerdile
| image = [[File:Tigerdile-frontpage.jpg|208px]]Tigerdile front page circa October 2014
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]]
* [[#Administrators|Administrators]]
| url = https://www.tigerdile.com/
* '''SFW link''': https://sfw.tigerdile.com/
| status =
| began = November 2012
| ended = April 21, 2023
| genre = Art Streaming Site
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|right}}
}}

'''Tigerdile''' was a [[furry]] streaming site and community primarily geared towards streaming [[art]] and crafting activities. It was specifically targeted towards professional [[artist]]s that wanted to use streaming as part of their business.<ref name="faq">[https://www.tigerdile.com/frequently-nommed-questions/ "Tigerdile FAQ"] - Tigerdile FAQ, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

The site was launched around November 2012 by [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], who were 50/50 co-owners.<ref name="faq" /> The site closed on April 21, 2023, owing to [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] no longer being able to support the site. <ref name="frontpage">[https://www.tigerdile.com/ "Tigerdile Front Page (It's Over!)"] - Tigerdile front page, announcing closure as of 21 April 2023, accessed 10 June 2023</ref> <ref name="archive-ph-frontpage">[https://archive.ph/ifdy6 "Tigerdile Front Page (It's Over!) - archive.ph version"] - Tigerdile front page, announcing closure as of 21 April 2023, archived on archive.ph as of 10 June 2023</ref>

== History ==
The "Tigerdile" [[character]] was created during Caribou’s art stream in the Summer of 2012 and was posted to [[Fur Affinity]] with an assurance from the viewers that they would each post a testimonial on how Tigerdile had made their life better.<ref name="faq" />

Later that summer, Tanabi and Caribou began talking about creating an online art sales site, and the Tigerdile character and name was chosen for the shop. The plan was to be a cooperative site, where artists could put their art behind a pay wall and receive a share of the income; a business similar to [[Club Stripes]] or others.

While developing the site, Tanabi discovered that a Livestream-hosted stream could be embedded into other web pages; Tigerdile's entry into streaming began with the ability to set up a stream channel where the video was hosted by Livestream while the chat was hosted elsewhere. Multi-streams and other similar configurations were hand built for events like "HomeCon", the first of which happened in November 2012 to help recoup some income due to Caribou's inability to attend [[Midwest FurFest]] that year.

This proved so successful that the original plan was delayed and Tigerdile was repurposed to provide professional streaming.

Initially hosted on a dedicated Core 2 Duo machine running Solaris 11 (hosted by Anubian Host), the first iteration of Tigerdile used the Java-based Red5 stream server and went through several chat programs.

The server was quickly outgrown, and Tigerdile moved to a gigabit link on an 8-core dedicated machine. The stream server software was changed to a highly customized version of CRTMPServer, and a custom chat server was written by TanabiGoat to provide for the features demanded by the population.

== Service Offering and Pricing ==

Tigerdile was a pay site that charged its content producers (streamers) to broadcast their content. There was a 30 day free trial, and after that, time was purchased in 30 day chunks.<ref name="pricing">[https://www.tigerdile.com/pricing/ "Tigerdile Pricing"] - Tigerdile Pricing, accessed 15 October 2014</ref> There were three pricing levels:

* $5.00 USD for the "Casual User" package, which allowed the streamer to have up to 10 viewers.
* $15.00 USD for the "Pro" package, which allowed the streamer to have unlimited viewers in their stream.
* $45.00 USD for the "Sustainer" package, which also provided unlimited viewers but also included additional features. Specifically, they once received a Tigerdile Tadpole plush toy, an ad on the front page of Tigerdile, and their stream would have showed up above the Pro/Casual/Trial users in the stream listing.

Viewer "caps" were not enforced and were treated as an honor system; if a streamer went over their cap, there was no penalty and viewers were still able to join. Therefore, streamers that "usually" got 10 or fewer viewers but may have occasionally went over the limit were encouraged to use the "Casual User" package until their user base was solid enough to support a "Pro" package.<ref name="faq" /><ref name="pricing" />

Plush Tigerdile Tadpole toys, Tigerdile messenger bags, and Tigerdile charms were available for sale on the "Tigerdile Swag Site", and Tigerdile also once sold digital artwork packages from a limited selection of artists available on the "Tigerdile's Emporium of Earthly Delights" site.

== Features ==

The core purpose of Tigerdile was Furry Streaming. It was touted as a professional streaming site for people that use streaming as a core part of their business; therefore, friendly and responsive support was considered a key feature along with providing a stable and high-quality stream server.

Tigerdile's features included:

* A custom chat server that allowed each artist to moderate their own stream. Artists could also elect moderators to work on their stream. This made Tigerdile largely self-policing.
* An ignore feature that was available to all users to ignore messages from people they didn't like in chat channels.
* Private chat, including private group chat.
* "Multi-stream" hosting: up to 5 artists could stream on the same page.
* Private streams, allowing streamers to have streams that did not show up on the list and required a password to view.
* Modification of the look of the body of their stream page, including adding whatever images they wanted, resizing of the video area, setting a background image, and moving the of the chat box.
* A simple Paypal integration for taking tips.
* A system wherein viewers could subscribe to a stream, and streamers could send emails to their subscribed viewers.
* A fledgling comic hosting system, which hosted titles such as "Halfway Hotel".
* A digital product store that had a small selection of artists participating.

== Rules ==

The rules of the site were listed on the "Terms and Conditions" page. There was also a "Privacy Policy" page.

These rules were summarized as follows:<ref name="rules">[https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] - Tigerdile Terms and Conditions Page, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

* No Hate. Tigerdile was intolerant of intolerance.
* No whining.
* Art was the preferred content on the site. Video game streams and other "shows" were also accepted, however certain kinds of content (rebroadcasting movies full screen as a given example) were considered too "copyright sensitive" for streaming. All people who wanted to stream were put through an approval process to verify their content was acceptable for Tigerdile.
* Only legal things were allowed to be streamed.
* If a stream was marked Safe For Work (SFW), then the streamer should have take steps to ensure the content is safe for all audiences. If the stream was marked Not Safe For Work (NSFW), then all viewers must have certified their age as being 18 years old or older before being allowed to view. Additionally, all streamers must have been at least 18 years old to stream on Tigerdile.
* Content rules were said to be, if it's not okay to post on [[FurAffinity]], it's not okay for Tigerdile. Cub art was noted as particularly forbidden.
* Streamers were not allowed to perform "live" adult activities on Tigerdile. Streamers were not allowed to stream themselves nude or in adult acts.
* No refunds.

==Homecon==

Homecon ('''home''' '''[[convention]]'''), was an annual loosely organized streaming event on Tigerdile complete with [[panel]]s and convention themes. It was started by Caribou who could not attend [[Midwest FurFest 2012]] due to traveling costs. She announced that she would be having a "homecon" and the name stuck. The impromptu event was organized by Tanabi, who also got [[Michelle Light]], Flinters and [[Genesis Whitmore]] on board.<ref>https://www.tigerdile.com/homecon, accessed 1 January 2018</ref>

== Administrators ==

Tigerdile's list of administrators was on the FAQ page<ref name="faq" />. The administrators were:

* [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], co-owner and content administrator
* [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] Goat, co-owner and operational administrator
* [[Flinters]], administrator and beta-tester
* [[BrooklynX]], moderator
* [[Northern-Crosshair]], moderator
* [[Temrin]], Social Media Manager

==See Also==

* [[Twitch.tv]]
* [[Picarto.TV]]
* [[Ustream.Tv]]
* [[FURSTRE.AM]]
* [[Livestream.com]]
* [[Piczel.tv]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

* [http://tigerdile.deviantart.com Tigerdile] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.weasyl.com/~tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://twitter.com/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Twitter]]

[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:2012 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]

Tigerdile

2023-06-10T15:05:45Z

207.237.220.215: Yet another infobox correction and verbiage correction. (Double Sorry.) Cleanup of now-dead links.

{{wikify}}
{{unref}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Tigerdile
| image = [[File:Tigerdile-frontpage.jpg|208px]]Tigerdile front page circa October 2014
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]]
* [[#Administrators|Administrators]]
| url = https://www.tigerdile.com/
* '''SFW link''': https://sfw.tigerdile.com/
| status =
| began = November 2012
| ended = April 21, 2023
| genre = Art Streaming Site
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|right}}
}}

'''Tigerdile''' was a [[furry]] streaming site and community primarily geared towards streaming [[art]] and crafting activities. It was specifically targeted towards professional [[artist]]s that wanted to use streaming as part of their business.<ref name="faq">[https://www.tigerdile.com/frequently-nommed-questions/ "Tigerdile FAQ"] - Tigerdile FAQ, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

The site was launched around November 2012 by [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], who were 50/50 co-owners.<ref name="faq" /> The site closed on April 21, 2023, owing to [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] no longer being able to support the site. <ref name="frontpage">[https://www.tigerdile.com/ "Tigerdile Front Page (It's Over!)"] - Tigerdile front page, announcing closure as of 21 April 2023, accessed 10 June 2023</ref> <ref name="archive-ph-frontpage">[https://archive.ph/ifdy6 "Tigerdile Front Page (It's Over!) - archive.ph version"] - Tigerdile front page, announcing closure as of 21 April 2023, archived on archive.ph as of 10 June 2023</ref>

== History ==
The "Tigerdile" [[character]] was created during Caribou’s art stream in the Summer of 2012 and was posted to [[Fur Affinity]] with an assurance from the viewers that they would each post a testimonial on how Tigerdile had made their life better.<ref name="faq" />

Later that summer, Tanabi and Caribou began talking about creating an online art sales site, and the Tigerdile character and name was chosen for the shop. The plan was to be a cooperative site, where artists could put their art behind a pay wall and receive a share of the income; a business similar to [[Club Stripes]] or others.

While developing the site, Tanabi discovered that a Livestream-hosted stream could be embedded into other web pages; Tigerdile's entry into streaming began with the ability to set up a stream channel where the video was hosted by Livestream while the chat was hosted elsewhere. Multi-streams and other similar configurations were hand built for events like "HomeCon", the first of which happened in November 2012 to help recoup some income due to Caribou's inability to attend [[Midwest FurFest]] that year.

This proved so successful that the original plan was delayed and Tigerdile was repurposed to provide professional streaming.

Initially hosted on a dedicated Core 2 Duo machine running Solaris 11 (hosted by Anubian Host), the first iteration of Tigerdile used the Java-based Red5 stream server and went through several chat programs.

The server was quickly outgrown, and Tigerdile moved to a gigabit link on an 8-core dedicated machine. The stream server software was changed to a highly customized version of CRTMPServer, and a custom chat server was written by TanabiGoat to provide for the features demanded by the population.

== Service Offering and Pricing ==

Tigerdile was a pay site that charges its content producers (streamers) to broadcast their content. There was a 30 day free trial, and after that, time was purchased in 30 day chunks.<ref name="pricing">[https://www.tigerdile.com/pricing/ "Tigerdile Pricing"] - Tigerdile Pricing, accessed 15 October 2014</ref> There were three pricing levels:

* $5.00 USD for the "Casual User" package, which allowed the streamer to have up to 10 viewers.
* $15.00 USD for the "Pro" package, which allowed the streamer to have unlimited viewers in their stream.
* $45.00 USD for the "Sustainer" package, which also provided unlimited viewers but also included additional features. Specifically, they once received a Tigerdile Tadpole plush toy, an ad on the front page of Tigerdile, and their stream would have showed up above the Pro/Casual/Trial users in the stream listing.

Viewer "caps" were not enforced and were treated as an honor system; if a streamer went over their cap, there was no penalty and viewers were still able to join. Therefore, streamers that "usually" got 10 or fewer viewers but may have occasionally went over the limit were encouraged to use the "Casual User" package until their user base was solid enough to support a "Pro" package.<ref name="faq" /><ref name="pricing" />

Plush Tigerdile Tadpole toys, Tigerdile messenger bags, and Tigerdile charms were available for sale on the "Tigerdile Swag Site", and Tigerdile also once sold digital artwork packages from a limited selection of artists available on the "Tigerdile's Emporium of Earthly Delights" site.

== Features ==

The core purpose of Tigerdile was Furry Streaming. It was touted as a professional streaming site for people that use streaming as a core part of their business; therefore, friendly and responsive support was considered a key feature along with providing a stable and high-quality stream server.

Tigerdile's features included:

* A custom chat server that allowed each artist to moderate their own stream. Artists could also elect moderators to work on their stream. This made Tigerdile largely self-policing.
* An ignore feature that was available to all users to ignore messages from people they didn't like in chat channels.
* Private chat, including private group chat.
* Up to 5 artists could stream on the same page in a "multi-stream".
* Streams could be marked private to allow streamers to have streams that do not show up on the list and require a password to view.
* Streamers were able to modify the look of the body of their stream page, including adding whatever images they want, resize the video area, set a background image, and move the chat box around.
* A simple Paypal integration for taking tips.
* Viewers could subscribe to a stream, and streamers could send emails to their subscribed viewers.
* Tigerdile had a fledgling comic hosting system, which hosted titles such as "Halfway Hotel".
* Tigerdile had a digital product store that has a small selection of artists participating.

== Rules ==

The rules of the site were listed on the [https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] page. There was also a [https://www.tigerdile.com/privacy-policy "Privacy Policy"] page.

These rules were summarized as follows:<ref name="rules">[https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] - Tigerdile Terms and Conditions Page, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

* No Hate. Tigerdile is intolerant of intolerance.
* No whining.
* Art was the preferred content on the site. Video game streams and other "shows" were also accepted, however certain kinds of content (rebroadcasting movies full screen as a given example) were considered too "copyright sensitive" for streaming. All people who wanted to stream were put through an approval process to verify their content was acceptable for Tigerdile.
* Only legal things were allowed to be streamed.
* If a stream was marked Safe For Work (SFW), then the streamer should have take steps to ensure the content is safe for all audiences. If the stream was marked Not Safe For Work (NSFW), then all viewers must have certified their age as being 18 years old or older before being allowed to view. Additionally, all streamers must have been at least 18 years old to stream on Tigerdile.
* Content rules were said to be, if it's not okay to post on [[FurAffinity]], it's not okay for Tigerdile. Cub art was noted as particularly forbidden.
* Streamers were not allowed to perform "live" adult activities on Tigerdile. Streamers were not allowed to stream themselves nude or in adult acts.
* No refunds.

==Homecon==

Homecon ('''home''' '''[[convention]]'''), was an annual loosely organized streaming event on Tigerdile complete with [[panel]]s and convention themes. It was started by Caribou who could not attend [[Midwest FurFest 2012]] due to traveling costs. She announced that she would be having a "homecon" and the name stuck. The impromptu event was organized by Tanabi, who also got [[Michelle Light]], Flinters and [[Genesis Whitmore]] on board.<ref>https://www.tigerdile.com/homecon, accessed 1 January 2018</ref>

== Administrators ==

Tigerdile's list of administrators was on the FAQ page<ref name="faq" />. The administrators were:

* [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], co-owner and content administrator
* [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] Goat, co-owner and operational administrator
* [[Flinters]], administrator and beta-tester
* [[BrooklynX]], moderator
* [[Northern-Crosshair]], moderator
* [[Temrin]], Social Media Manager

==See Also==

* [[Twitch.tv]]
* [[Picarto.TV]]
* [[Ustream.Tv]]
* [[FURSTRE.AM]]
* [[Livestream.com]]
* [[Piczel.tv]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

* [http://tigerdile.deviantart.com Tigerdile] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.weasyl.com/~tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://twitter.com/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Twitter]]

[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:2012 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]

Tigerdile

2023-06-10T14:45:45Z

207.237.220.215: One more infobox correction and verbiage correction. Sorry.

{{wikify}}
{{unref}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Tigerdile
| image = [[File:Tigerdile-frontpage.jpg|208px]]Tigerdile front page circa September 2014
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]]
* [[#Administrators|Administrators]]
| url = https://www.tigerdile.com/
* '''SFW link''': https://sfw.tigerdile.com/
| status =
| began = November 2012
| ended = April 21, 2023
| genre = Art Streaming Site
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|right}}
}}

'''Tigerdile''' was a [[furry]] streaming site and community primarily geared towards streaming [[art]] and crafting activities. It was specifically targeted towards professional [[artist]]s that want to use streaming as part of their business.<ref name="faq">[https://www.tigerdile.com/frequently-nommed-questions/ "Tigerdile FAQ"] - Tigerdile FAQ, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

The site was launched around November 2012 by [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], who were 50/50 co-owners.<ref name="faq" /> The site closed on April 21, 2023, owing to [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] no longer being able to support the site. <ref name="frontpage">[https://www.tigerdile.com/ "Tigerdile Front Page (It's Over!)"] - Tigerdile front page, announcing closure as of 2023/04/21, accessed 10 June 2023</ref> <ref name="archive-ph-frontpage">[https://archive.ph/ifdy6 "Tigerdile Front Page (It's Over!) - archive.ph version"] - Tigerdile front page, announcing closure as of 2023/04/21, archived on archive.ph as of 10 June 2023</ref>

== History ==
The "Tigerdile" [[character]] was created during Caribou’s art stream in the Summer of 2012 and was posted to [[Fur Affinity]] with an assurance from the viewers that they would each post a testimonial on how Tigerdile has made their life better.<ref name="faq" />

Later that summer, Tanabi and Caribou began talking about creating an online art sales site, and the Tigerdile character and name was chosen for the shop. The plan was to be a cooperative site, where artists could put their art behind a pay wall and receive a share of the income; a business similar to [[Club Stripes]] or others.

While developing this site, Tanabi discovered that Livestream could be embedded into other web pages; Tigerdile's entry into streaming began with the ability to set up a stream channel where the video was hosted by Livestream but the chat was hosted elsewhere. Multi-streams and other similar configurations were hand built for events like "HomeCon", the first of which happened in November 2012 to help recoup some income due to Caribou's inability to attend [[Midwest FurFest]] that year.

This proved so successful, that the original plan was delayed and Tigerdile was repurposed to provide professional streaming.

Initially hosted on a dedicated Core2 Duo machine running Solaris 11 (hosted by Anubian Host), the first iteration of Tigerdile used the Java-based Red5 stream server and went through several chat programs.

The server was quickly outgrown, and Tigerdile moved to a gigabit link on an 8-core dedicated box. The stream server software was changed to highly customized CRTMPServer, and a custom chat server was written by TanabiGoat to provide for the features demanded by the population.

== Service Offering and Pricing ==

Tigerdile was a pay site that charges its content producers (streamers) to broadcast their content. There was a 30 day free trial, and after that, time was purchased in 30 day chunks.<ref name="pricing">[https://www.tigerdile.com/pricing/ "Tigerdile Pricing"] - Tigerdile Pricing, accessed 15 October 2014</ref> There were three pricing levels:

* $5.00 USD for the "Casual User" package, which allowed the streamer to have up to 10 viewers.
* $15.00 USD for the "Pro" package, which allowed the streamer to have unlimited viewers in their stream.
* $45.00 USD for the "Sustainer" package, which also provided unlimited viewers but also included additional features. Specifically, they once received a Tigerdile Tadpole plush toy, an ad on the front page of Tigerdile, and their stream would have showed up above the Pro/Casual/Trial users in the stream listing.

Viewer "caps" were not enforced and were treated as an honor system; if a streamer went over their cap, there was no penalty and viewers were still able to join. Therefore, streamers that "usually" got 10 or fewer viewers but may occasionally went over the limit were encouraged to use the "Casual User" package until their user base was solid enough to support a "Pro" package.<ref name="faq" /><ref name="pricing" />

Plush Tigerdile Tadpole toys, Tigerdile messenger bags, and Tigerdile charms were available for sale on the [http://store.tanabi.com/ "Tigerdile Swag Site"], and Tigerdile also once sold digital artwork packages from a limited selection of artists available on the [https://www.tigerdile.com/shop/ "Tigerdile's Emporium of Earthly Delights"] site.

== Features ==

The core purpose of Tigerdile was Furry Streaming. It was touted as a professional streaming site for people that use streaming as a core part of their business; therefore, friendly and responsive support was considered a key feature along with providing a stable and high-quality stream server.

Tigerdile's features included:

* Custom chat server that allowed each artist to moderate their own stream. Artists may also elect moderators to work on their stream. This made Tigerdile largely self-policing.
* Ignore feature available to all users to ignore messages from people they don't like in chat channels.
* Private chat, including private group chat.
* Up to 5 artists could stream on the same page in a "multi-stream".
* Streams could be marked private to allow streamers to have streams that do not show up on the list and require a password to view.
* Streamers were able to modify the look of the body of their stream page, including adding whatever images they want, resize the video area, set a background image, and move the chat box around.
* Simple Paypal integration for taking tips.
* Viewers could subscribe to a stream, and streamers could send emails to their subscribed viewers.
* Tigerdile had a fledgling comic hosting system, currently hosting [https://www.tigerdile.com/comics/halfway-hotel/ "Halfway Hotel"]
* Tigerdile had a digital product store that has a small selection of artists participating. [https://www.tigerdile.com/shop "Tigerdile Shop"]

== Rules ==

The rules of the site were listed on the [https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] page. There was also a [https://www.tigerdile.com/privacy-policy "Privacy Policy"] page.

These rules can be summarized as follows:<ref name="rules">[https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] - Tigerdile Terms and Conditions Page, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

* No Hate. Tigerdile is intolerant of intolerance.
* No whining.
* Art was the preferred content on the site. Video game streams and other "shows" were also accepted, however certain kinds of content (rebroadcasting movies full screen as a given example) were considered too "copyright sensitive" for streaming. All people who wanted to stream were put through an approval process to verify their content was acceptable for Tigerdile.
* Only legal things were allowed to be streamed.
* If a stream was marked Safe For Work (SFW), then the streamer should have take steps to ensure the content is safe for all audiences. If the stream was marked Not Safe For Work (NSFW), then all viewers must have certified their age as being 18 years old or older before being allowed to view. Additionally, all streamers must have been at least 18 years old to stream on Tigerdile.
* Content rules were said to be, if it's not okay to post on [[FurAffinity]], it's not okay for Tigerdile. Cub art was noted as particularly forbidden.
* Streamers were not allowed to perform "live" adult activities on Tigerdile. Streamers were not allowed to stream themselves nude or in adult acts.
* No refunds.

==Homecon==

Homecon ('''home''' '''[[convention]]'''), was an annual loosely organized streaming event on Tigerdile complete with [[panel]]s and convention themes. It was started by Caribou who could not attend [[Midwest FurFest 2012]] due to traveling costs. She announced that she would be having a "homecon" and the name stuck. The impromptu event was organized by Tanabi, who also got [[Michelle Light]], Flinters and [[Genesis Whitmore]] on board.<ref>https://www.tigerdile.com/homecon, accessed 1 January 2018</ref>

== Administrators ==

Tigerdile's list of administrators was on the FAQ page<ref name="faq" />. The administrators were:

* [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], co-owner and content administrator
* [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] Goat, co-owner and operational administrator
* [[Flinters]], administrator and beta-tester
* [[BrooklynX]], moderator
* [[Northern-Crosshair]], moderator
* [[Temrin]], Social Media Manager

==See Also==

* [[Twitch.tv]]
* [[Picarto.TV]]
* [[Ustream.Tv]]
* [[FURSTRE.AM]]
* [[Livestream.com]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

* [http://tigerdile.deviantart.com Tigerdile] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.weasyl.com/~tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://twitter.com/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Twitter]]

[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:2012 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]

Tigerdile

2023-06-10T14:35:22Z

207.237.220.215: Updated references, infobox and verbiage concerning closure

{{wikify}}
{{unref}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Tigerdile
| image = [[File:Tigerdile-frontpage.jpg|208px]]Tigerdile front page
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]]
* [[#Administrators|Administrators]]
| url = https://www.tigerdile.com/
* '''SFW link''': https://sfw.tigerdile.com/
| status =
| began = November 2012–present
| ended = April 21, 2023
| genre = Art Streaming Site
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|right}}
}}

'''Tigerdile''' was a [[furry]] streaming site and community primarily geared towards streaming [[art]] and crafting activities. It is specifically targeted towards professional [[artist]]s that want to use streaming as part of their business.<ref name="faq">[https://www.tigerdile.com/frequently-nommed-questions/ "Tigerdile FAQ"] - Tigerdile FAQ, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

The site was launched around November 2012 by [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], who are 50/50 co-owners who continue to run the site.<ref name="faq" /> The site closed on April 21, 2023, owing to [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] no longer being able to support the site. <ref name="frontpage">[https://www.tigerdile.com/ "Tigerdile Front Page (It's Over!)"] - Tigerdile front page, announcing closure as of 2023/04/21</ref>

== History ==
The "Tigerdile" [[character]] was created during Caribou’s art stream in the Summer of 2012 and was posted to [[Fur Affinity]] with an assurance from the viewers that they would each post a testimonial on how Tigerdile has made their life better.<ref name="faq" />

Later that summer, Tanabi and Caribou began talking about creating an online art sales site, and the Tigerdile character and name was chosen for the shop. The plan was to be a cooperative site, where artists could put their art behind a pay wall and receive a share of the income; a business similar to [[Club Stripes]] or others.

While developing this site, Tanabi discovered that Livestream could be embedded into other web pages; Tigerdile's entry into streaming began with the ability to set up a stream channel where the video was hosted by Livestream but the chat was hosted elsewhere. Multi-streams and other similar configurations were hand built for events like "HomeCon", the first of which happened in November 2012 to help recoup some income due to Caribou's inability to attend [[Midwest FurFest]] that year.

This proved so successful, that the original plan was delayed and Tigerdile was repurposed to provide professional streaming.

Initially hosted on a dedicated Core2 Duo machine running Solaris 11 (hosted by Anubian Host), the first iteration of Tigerdile used the Java-based Red5 stream server and went through several chat programs.

The server was quickly outgrown, and Tigerdile moved to a gigabit link on an 8-core dedicated box. The stream server software was changed to highly customized CRTMPServer, and a custom chat server was written by TanabiGoat to provide for the features demanded by the population.

== Service Offering and Pricing ==

Tigerdile was a pay site that charges its content producers (streamers) to broadcast their content. There was a 30 day free trial, and after that, time was purchased in 30 day chunks.<ref name="pricing">[https://www.tigerdile.com/pricing/ "Tigerdile Pricing"] - Tigerdile Pricing, accessed 15 October 2014</ref> There were three pricing levels:

* $5.00 USD for the "Casual User" package, which allowed the streamer to have up to 10 viewers.
* $15.00 USD for the "Pro" package, which allowed the streamer to have unlimited viewers in their stream.
* $45.00 USD for the "Sustainer" package, which also provided unlimited viewers but also included additional features. Specifically, they once received a Tigerdile Tadpole plush toy, an ad on the front page of Tigerdile, and their stream would have showed up above the Pro/Casual/Trial users in the stream listing.

Viewer "caps" were not enforced and were treated as an honor system; if a streamer went over their cap, there was no penalty and viewers were still able to join. Therefore, streamers that "usually" got 10 or fewer viewers but may occasionally went over the limit were encouraged to use the "Casual User" package until their user base was solid enough to support a "Pro" package.<ref name="faq" /><ref name="pricing" />

Plush Tigerdile Tadpole toys, Tigerdile messenger bags, and Tigerdile charms were available for sale on the [http://store.tanabi.com/ "Tigerdile Swag Site"], and Tigerdile also once sold digital artwork packages from a limited selection of artists available on the [https://www.tigerdile.com/shop/ "Tigerdile's Emporium of Earthly Delights"] site.

== Features ==

The core purpose of Tigerdile was Furry Streaming. It was touted as a professional streaming site for people that use streaming as a core part of their business; therefore, friendly and responsive support was considered a key feature along with providing a stable and high-quality stream server.

Tigerdile's features included:

* Custom chat server that allowed each artist to moderate their own stream. Artists may also elect moderators to work on their stream. This made Tigerdile largely self-policing.
* Ignore feature available to all users to ignore messages from people they don't like in chat channels.
* Private chat, including private group chat.
* Up to 5 artists could stream on the same page in a "multi-stream".
* Streams could be marked private to allow streamers to have streams that do not show up on the list and require a password to view.
* Streamers were able to modify the look of the body of their stream page, including adding whatever images they want, resize the video area, set a background image, and move the chat box around.
* Simple Paypal integration for taking tips.
* Viewers could subscribe to a stream, and streamers could send emails to their subscribed viewers.
* Tigerdile had a fledgling comic hosting system, currently hosting [https://www.tigerdile.com/comics/halfway-hotel/ "Halfway Hotel"]
* Tigerdile had a digital product store that has a small selection of artists participating. [https://www.tigerdile.com/shop "Tigerdile Shop"]

== Rules ==

The rules of the site were listed on the [https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] page. There was also a [https://www.tigerdile.com/privacy-policy "Privacy Policy"] page.

These rules can be summarized as follows:<ref name="rules">[https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] - Tigerdile Terms and Conditions Page, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

* No Hate. Tigerdile is intolerant of intolerance.
* No whining.
* Art was the preferred content on the site. Video game streams and other "shows" were also accepted, however certain kinds of content (rebroadcasting movies full screen as a given example) were considered too "copyright sensitive" for streaming. All people who wanted to stream were put through an approval process to verify their content was acceptable for Tigerdile.
* Only legal things were allowed to be streamed.
* If a stream was marked Safe For Work (SFW), then the streamer should have take steps to ensure the content is safe for all audiences. If the stream was marked Not Safe For Work (NSFW), then all viewers must have certified their age as being 18 years old or older before being allowed to view. Additionally, all streamers must have been at least 18 years old to stream on Tigerdile.
* Content rules were said to be, if it's not okay to post on [[FurAffinity]], it's not okay for Tigerdile. Cub art was noted as particularly forbidden.
* Streamers were not allowed to perform "live" adult activities on Tigerdile. Streamers were not allowed to stream themselves nude or in adult acts.
* No refunds.

==Homecon==

Homecon ('''home''' '''[[convention]]'''), was an annual loosely organized streaming event on Tigerdile complete with [[panel]]s and convention themes. It was started by Caribou who could not attend [[Midwest FurFest 2012]] due to traveling costs. She announced that she would be having a "homecon" and the name stuck. The impromptu event was organized by Tanabi, who also got [[Michelle Light]], Flinters and [[Genesis Whitmore]] on board.<ref>https://www.tigerdile.com/homecon, accessed 1 January 2018</ref>

== Administrators ==

Tigerdile's list of administrators was on the FAQ page<ref name="faq" />. The administrators were:

* [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], co-owner and content administrator
* [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] Goat, co-owner and operational administrator
* [[Flinters]], administrator and beta-tester
* [[BrooklynX]], moderator
* [[Northern-Crosshair]], moderator
* [[Temrin]], Social Media Manager

==See Also==

* [[Twitch.tv]]
* [[Picarto.TV]]
* [[Ustream.Tv]]
* [[FURSTRE.AM]]
* [[Livestream.com]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

* [http://tigerdile.deviantart.com Tigerdile] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.weasyl.com/~tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://twitter.com/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Twitter]]

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[[Category:2012 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]

Tigerdile

2023-06-10T14:22:32Z

207.237.220.215: Update concerning closure of Tigerdile.

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{{Infobox website
| title = Tigerdile
| image = [[File:Tigerdile-frontpage.jpg|208px]]Tigerdile front page
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]]
* [[#Administrators|Administrators]]
| url = https://www.tigerdile.com/
* '''SFW link''': https://sfw.tigerdile.com/
| status =
| began = November 2012–present
| ended =
| genre = Art Streaming Site
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|right}}
}}

'''Tigerdile''' was a [[furry]] streaming site and community primarily geared towards streaming [[art]] and crafting activities. It is specifically targeted towards professional [[artist]]s that want to use streaming as part of their business.<ref name="faq">[https://www.tigerdile.com/frequently-nommed-questions/ "Tigerdile FAQ"] - Tigerdile FAQ, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

The site was launched around November 2012 by [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] and [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], who are 50/50 co-owners who continue to run the site.<ref name="faq" /> The site closed on April 21, 2023, owing to [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] no longer being able to support the site.

== History ==
The "Tigerdile" [[character]] was created during Caribou’s art stream in the Summer of 2012 and was posted to [[Fur Affinity]] with an assurance from the viewers that they would each post a testimonial on how Tigerdile has made their life better.<ref name="faq" />

Later that summer, Tanabi and Caribou began talking about creating an online art sales site, and the Tigerdile character and name was chosen for the shop. The plan was to be a cooperative site, where artists could put their art behind a pay wall and receive a share of the income; a business similar to [[Club Stripes]] or others.

While developing this site, Tanabi discovered that Livestream could be embedded into other web pages; Tigerdile's entry into streaming began with the ability to set up a stream channel where the video was hosted by Livestream but the chat was hosted elsewhere. Multi-streams and other similar configurations were hand built for events like "HomeCon", the first of which happened in November 2012 to help recoup some income due to Caribou's inability to attend [[Midwest FurFest]] that year.

This proved so successful, that the original plan was delayed and Tigerdile was repurposed to provide professional streaming.

Initially hosted on a dedicated Core2 Duo machine running Solaris 11 (hosted by Anubian Host), the first iteration of Tigerdile used the Java-based Red5 stream server and went through several chat programs.

The server was quickly outgrown, and Tigerdile moved to a gigabit link on an 8-core dedicated box. The stream server software was changed to highly customized CRTMPServer, and a custom chat server was written by TanabiGoat to provide for the features demanded by the population.

== Service Offering and Pricing ==

Tigerdile is a pay site that charges its content producers (streamers) to broadcast their content. There is a 30 day free trial, and after that, time is purchased in 30 day chunks.<ref name="pricing">[https://www.tigerdile.com/pricing/ "Tigerdile Pricing"] - Tigerdile Pricing, accessed 15 October 2014</ref> There are three pricing levels:

* $5.00 USD for the "Casual User" package, which allows the streamer to have up to 10 viewers.
* $15.00 USD for the "Pro" package, which allows the streamer to have unlimited viewers in their stream.
* $45.00 USD for the "Sustainer" package, which also provides unlimited viewers but also includes additional features. Specifically, they will receive a Tigerdile Tadpole plush toy, an ad on the front page of Tigerdile, and their stream will show up above the Pro/Casual/Trial users in the stream listing.

Viewer "caps" are not enforced and are treated as an honor system; if a streamer goes over their cap, there is no penalty and viewers are still able to join. Therefore, streamers that "usually" get 10 or fewer viewers but may occasionally go over the limit are encouraged to use the "Casual User" package until their user base is solid enough to support a "Pro" package.<ref name="faq" /><ref name="pricing" />

Plush Tigerdile Tadpole toys, Tigerdile messenger bags, and Tigerdile charms are available for sale on the [http://store.tanabi.com/ "Tigerdile Swag Site"], and Tigerdile also sells digital artwork packages from a limited selection of artists available on the [https://www.tigerdile.com/shop/ "Tigerdile's Emporium of Earthly Delights"] site.

== Features ==

The core purpose of Tigerdile is Furry Streaming. It is touted as a professional streaming site for people that use streaming as a core part of their business; therefore, friendly and responsive support is considered a key feature along with providing a stable and high-quality stream server.

Tigerdile's features include:

* Custom chat server that allows each artist to moderate their own stream. Artists may also elect moderators to work on their stream. This makes Tigerdile largely self-policing.
* Ignore feature available to all users to ignore messages from people they don't like in chat channels.
* Private chat, including private group chat.
* Up to 5 artists may stream on the same page in a "multi-stream".
* Streams may be marked private to allow streamers to have streams that do not show up on the list and require a password to view.
* Streamers are able to modify the look of the body of their stream page, including adding whatever images they want, resize the video area, set a background image, and move the chat box around.
* Simple Paypal integration for taking tips.
* Viewers may subscribe to a stream, and streamers can send emails to their subscribed viewers.
* Tigerdile has a fledgling comic hosting system, currently hosting [https://www.tigerdile.com/comics/halfway-hotel/ "Halfway Hotel"]
* Tigerdile has a digital product store that has a small selection of artists participating. [https://www.tigerdile.com/shop "Tigerdile Shop"]

== Rules ==

The rules of the site are listed on the [https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] page. There is also a [https://www.tigerdile.com/privacy-policy "Privacy Policy"] page.

These rules can be summarized as follows:<ref name="rules">[https://www.tigerdile.com/terms-and-conditions/ "Terms and Conditions"] - Tigerdile Terms and Conditions Page, accessed 15 October 2014</ref>

* No Hate. Tigerdile is intolerant of intolerance.
* No whining.
* Art is the preferred content on the site. Video game streams and other "shows" are also accepted, however certain kinds of content (rebroadcasting movies full screen as a given example) are considered too "copyright sensitive" for streaming. All people who want to stream are put through an approval process to verify their content is acceptable for Tigerdile.
* Only legal things may be streamed.
* If a stream is marked Safe For Work (SFW), then the streamer should take steps to ensure the content is safe for all audiences. If the stream is marked Not Safe For Work (NSFW), then all viewers must certify their age as being 18 years old or older before being allowed to view. Additionally, all streamers must be at least 18 years old to stream on Tigerdile.
* Content rules are said to be, if it's not okay to post on [[FurAffinity]], it's not okay for Tigerdile. Cub art is noted as particularly forbidden.
* Streamers are not allowed to perform "live" adult activities on Tigerdile. Streamers are not allowed to stream themselves nude or in adult acts.
* No refunds.

==Homecon==

Homecon ('''home''' '''[[convention]]'''), is an annual loosely organized streaming event on Tigerdile complete with [[panel]]s and convention themes. It was started by Caribou who could not attend [[Midwest FurFest 2012]] due to traveling costs. She announced that she'll be having a "homecon" and the name stuck. The impromptu event was organized by Tanabi, who also got [[Michelle Light]], Flinters and [[Genesis Whitmore]] on board.<ref>https://www.tigerdile.com/homecon, accessed 1 January 2018</ref>

== Administrators ==

Tigerdile's list of administrators is on the FAQ page<ref name="faq" />. The administrators are:

* [[Sara Miles|Caribou]], co-owner and content administrator
* [[Tanabi (person)|Tanabi]] Goat, co-owner and operational administrator
* [[Flinters]], administrator and beta-tester
* [[BrooklynX]], moderator
* [[Northern-Crosshair]], moderator
* [[Temrin]], Social Media Manager

==See Also==

* [[Twitch.tv]]
* [[Picarto.TV]]
* [[Ustream.Tv]]
* [[FURSTRE.AM]]
* [[Livestream.com]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

* [http://tigerdile.deviantart.com Tigerdile] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://www.weasyl.com/~tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://twitter.com/tigerdile Tigerdile] on [[Twitter]]

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[[Category:2012 births]]