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How much does the industrial scale subornment of children into quasi prostitution affect this decision? The whole "live streaming plus tips" model turns my sto
by droopyEyelids 9y ago
How much does the industrial scale subornment of children into quasi prostitution affect this decision?
The whole "live streaming plus tips" model turns my stomach and I was disgusted to see Apple give its imprimatur the other week.
For anyone that isn't familiar with what happens on these platforms (Snapchat Facebook and FaceTime iMessage once apple institutes payments): a streamer broadcasts herself, and People from the Internet "tip" her when she does something they like. It's beyond terrifying to find out someone you love stumbled onto this system.
- spery 9y agoWe do the same with our attention. I don't think tip for me to do x or y is any different from 'celebrities' doing publicity stunts and us clicking on articles to see their body parts or whatever. This is just more direct way without any social norms attached.
- stale2002 9y agoIt is really not as bad as you make it seem. Livestreamers aren't the same thing as cam girls. The vast majority of them are just people playing video games, and viewers tipping to play a funny text to speech message to the streamer.
- pavlov 9y agoMores change. A few hundred years ago, most shops did not display their goods. It would have been considered crass to keep wares in sight when customers didn't ask for it, and outright crazy to let customers look and touch at items without supervision. The department store was a 19th century innovation that let people (women, mostly) browse and shop without pressure. It was widely considered immoral at the time. Emile Zola wrote a great novel about it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Bonheur_des_Dames https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Bonheur_des_Dames Getting tips from Internet viewers is shocking in the same way as a woman visiting a department store on her own.