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TwitchTV is the new shiny. People are quitting their jobs to stream full time, and making a living off of it. This guy had a good teaching job, and now stream

by dr_ick 9y ago

TwitchTV is the new shiny. People are quitting their jobs to stream full time, and making a living off of it. This guy had a good teaching job, and now streams full time instead. His peak seems to be around 4k-5k viewers. https://www.twitch.tv/chocotaco https://www.twitch.tv/chocotaco https://kotaku.com/guy-who-just-quit-his-job-to-stream-battlegrounds-expla-1820309727 https://kotaku.com/guy-who-just-quit-his-job-to-stream-battl...

maxyme 9y ago
I think the concept of (optional) subscriptions funding Twitch streamers is an excellent replacement for ads however if you are considering making a living off Twitch you should be aware of the politics. There is a culture of banning streamers (sometimes indefinitely, but rarely upon first ban) for violations in their extremely vauge TOS. Usually no reason is given and there are major inconsistencies between some streamers' moderation and others.
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smogcutter 9y ago
The catch is that if a story like this is interesting enough to be printed, it's usually also too unusual to actually be representative. No one's going to read "guy quits his job to go to law school".
busterarm 9y ago
Relying on Twitch streaming for income is a hard life. Anyone who doesn't realize this is delusional. You're talking 10-12 hours _every day_ entertaining people. Successful streamers work 6-7 day weeks at those hours and if they're lucky take 2 weeks off a year -- one of those spent at TwitchCon. Most of them are playing the same game for long stretches of time (months to years). That's really hard! And if you regularly have ~3k viewers, you'll probably earn $2k-4k a month between ad money and donations. Except for outliers, obviously. The overwhelming majority of streamers are not successful, by the way, or are only successful for a year or two. It's absolutely a labor of love. You do it because you can't stand doing the alternative.

by dr_ick 9y ago

maxyme 9y ago

I think the concept of (optional) subscriptions funding Twitch streamers is an excellent replacement for ads however if you are considering making a living off Twitch you should be aware of the politics. There is a culture of banning streamers (sometimes indefinitely, but rarely upon first ban) for violations in their extremely vauge TOS. Usually no reason is given and there are major inconsistencies between some streamers' moderation and others.

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smogcutter 9y ago

The catch is that if a story like this is interesting enough to be printed, it's usually also too unusual to actually be representative. No one's going to read "guy quits his job to go to law school".

busterarm 9y ago

Relying on Twitch streaming for income is a hard life. Anyone who doesn't realize this is delusional. You're talking 10-12 hours _every day_ entertaining people. Successful streamers work 6-7 day weeks at those hours and if they're lucky take 2 weeks off a year -- one of those spent at TwitchCon. Most of them are playing the same game for long stretches of time (months to years). That's really hard! And if you regularly have ~3k viewers, you'll probably earn $2k-4k a month between ad money and donations. Except for outliers, obviously. The overwhelming majority of streamers are not successful, by the way, or are only successful for a year or two. It's absolutely a labor of love. You do it because you can't stand doing the alternative.