Inside YouTube’s plan to bring photos, polls, and text to the video service 

YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing service, is looking beyond video to keep its homegrown stars — and their fans — from departing to competing platforms.Amid competition from Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter, YouTube is developing a feature internally called Backstage where users can share photos, polls, links, text posts, and videos with their subscribers.

Source: Inside Backstage: YouTube’s plan to bring photos, polls, and text to the video service | VentureBeat | Media | by Harrison Weber