In this informal pre‑broadcast test for the "Finally Friday" livestream, speakers A‑D walk through the technical steps needed to go live simultaneously on multiple social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X). They verify that each stream is active, test captioning (including Spanish language), check chat functionality, and discuss platform preferences (not using X, focusing on TikTok). The conversation also covers how to monitor each platform’s live feed in separate tabs, ensuring that comments and captions are visible. The tone is casual and collaborative, with brief jokes and repeated confirmations as they troubleshoot and confirm that all systems are working before the actual show begins.
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Hello, hello, hello, hello. Doing a little test for tonight's Finally Friday.
If we go up here, we should be able to go to—
but we shouldn't see it on his one, could we? Can't probably watch ourselves go live. Oh, this we can watch ourselves go live.
no, mate, that's not how you spell our mango. Okay, okay, bye.
So we can Facebook work. Do you want me to check YouTube?
Yeah, why not? It's an easy fix.
Yeah.
We should be back in the office in, um, 30 minutes.
Yeah.
Yes, all three are working.
So YouTube's working. I just sent you a test chat to see.
Oh yeah, chat worked.
All right, do you want me to test the chat on? Oh, we're not on Instagram right now.
The largest shopping mall in the Are you on X right now? No, I am not. No, we're not on X at all. We don't, we don't, we're not doing X because, um, okay, I'm here on TikTok, but I don't like X at all. Yeah, yeah, not doing X because, um, okay, I'm here on TikTok, but I don't like X at all. Yeah, yeah, not doing X because, um, okay, I'm here on TikTok, but I don't like X at all. Uh, hour is linear. So that's not, uh, working. We should try Facebook again, shouldn't we?
Just to see if the chat works.
Where'd I go? I saw it on the front page of We should try Facebook again, shouldn't we? It's all on the front page of— we should try Facebook again, shouldn't we? It's all on the front page of—
To see TikTok comments, click the TikTok Live monitor. Where's that? Beside the TikTok channel.
Ah, and keep that open. Okay, cool. All right.
So we just keep that open in another tab then?
Yeah. Okay.
We just— we would just, um, pull it off over here, wouldn't we?
