• Why do people watch Twitch?

  • Sep 17 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
  • Podcast

Why do people watch Twitch?

  • Summary


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    Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter)

    • (00:00) - The WORST TikTok lives
    • (01:06) - A Jerry Seinfeld moment
    • (04:27) - Different kind of episode
    • (04:55) - What’s the deal with Twitch?
    • (06:00) - The Answer
    • (06:51) - We’re not experts
    • (08:17) - The different kinds of live streams
    • (08:54) - eSports
    • (11:35) - Why do people chat?
    • (13:15) - Big streamers
    • (19:13) - Burnout
    • (20:18) - TikTok as discoverability
    • (22:30) - Pro gamer streamers
    • (25:11) - Lack of discoverability
    • (25:57) - Chatting with big streamers
    • (26:32) - Twitch monetization
    • (27:59) - Collective effervescence?
    • (30:36) - The good shit - small and mid-size channels
    • (31:17) - Most-hated TikTok Live genres
    • (33:13) - Small & mid-size channels
    • (34:02) - 👀 Drops
    • (35:22) - Small streams are AOL chat rooms?
    • (37:50) - Vtubers - Help us, GJ!
    • (39:06) - Hot tub streamers
    • (42:10) - Porn streams
    • (43:02) - Podcasts as streams
    • (45:31) - Fs in chat
    • (48:11) - The history of streaming (via Matt)
    • (48:17) - BlogTV
    • (50:47) - Short history of Twitch
    • (57:35) - Meerkat and Periscope
    • (59:40) - Mixer
    • (01:00:41) - Matt getting into Twitch
    • (01:01:20) - Streaming on Discord
    • (01:02:48) - Generational divide?
    • (01:04:50) - Omegle
    • (01:06:24) - Cracking discovery
    • (01:07:56) - POV I’m streaming

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    Palestine Solidarity Toolkit

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    • Middle East Children’s Alliance
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    • Al-Awda Health and Community Association
    • Hebron International Resource Network

    BDS Movement
    Our History of Popular Resistance: Palestine Reading List
    Jewish Voice for Peace - First Steps for Palestinian Freedom
    Jewish Voice for Peace - Take Action
    Operation Olive Branch

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