Why do people watch Twitch?
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 32
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- (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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Our History of Popular Resistance: Palestine Reading List
Jewish Voice for Peace - First Steps for Palestinian Freedom
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