<s>
Firetalk	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
always-on	O
interactive	O
video	O
platform	O
that	O
allowed	O
content	O
creators	O
to	O
engage	O
with	O
and	O
monetize	O
their	O
audiences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firetalk	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Multitude	O
Communications	O
in	O
South	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
,	O
Firetalk	B-Protocol
,	O
had	O
its	O
birth	O
in	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
Multitude	O
created	O
called	O
FireTeam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireTeam	B-Application
was	O
a	O
multi-user	O
game	O
played	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
good	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
favorable	O
review	O
highlighting	O
the	O
VoIP	O
feature	O
that	O
FireTeam	B-Application
used	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
could	O
communicate	O
and	O
plan	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
that	O
Multitude	O
decided	O
to	O
branch	O
off	O
and	O
create	O
a	O
program	O
strictly	O
for	O
VoIP	O
called	O
Firetalk	B-Protocol
and	O
Multitude	O
adopted	O
a	O
"	O
DBA	O
"	O
as	O
Firetalk	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
Firetalk	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
need	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firetalk	B-Protocol
's	O
web	O
site	O
address	O
,	O
firetalk.com,	O
was	O
later	O
bought	O
by	O
Paltalk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Firetalk	B-Protocol
briefly	O
relaunched	O
as	O
an	O
always-on	O
live-streaming	O
platform	O
for	O
content	O
creators	O
.	O
</s>
