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Great concept for the winner take all world we live in now. It's very difficult to get your name out there in anything these days without having to invest a lot

by Rinum 6y ago

Great concept for the winner take all world we live in now. It's very difficult to get your name out there in anything these days without having to invest a lot in marketing yourself.

mysterydip 6y ago
Agreed. I'd like to see something similar for the app stores, but don't think it would work with the magnitude of games and apps there.
polytely 6y ago
Somewhat in the same vein is Steam's new game recommendation engine where you have a [popular --- niche] slider so you can filter out the obvious results. I wish more search engines had something like that. In general there is so much cool stuff out there on the edges of culture, but your really have to hang around in weird circles to stumble upon the hidden gems.
alharith 6y ago
Just to dive deeper into this, with the billions of people on this planet, why is someone necessarily entitled to getting their name out there without having to invest something themselves?
arkitaip 6y ago
It doesn't help that most streams look identical to each other when your are browsing the directory, i.e. hundreds of thumbnails that look like screenshots of games. There is no way to tell them apart.
croon 6y ago
I'm doing the cardinal mistake of not having clicked the link since I'm at work, but to build on your sentiment: Is it binary between searching for 0 viewers and not 0< viewers? If so I'd suggest implementing the option of searching for less than <arbitrary number of users>, so someone new actually can grow a bit from this tool before potentially taking off organically.
hombre_fatal 6y ago
You act like this wasn't always true or that celebrity never existed.
- Rinum 6y ago
  It wasn't always true. The internet made it globalized. Prior to the internet a person's reach was much less powerful. I honestly don't even know who my local leaders are anymore, but I definitely know about PewDiePie. I think this has to do with Dunbar's number as well. More global celebs taking the spots of others.

by Rinum 6y ago

Great concept for the winner take all world we live in now. It's very difficult to get your name out there in anything these days without having to invest a lot in marketing yourself.

mysterydip 6y ago

Agreed. I'd like to see something similar for the app stores, but don't think it would work with the magnitude of games and apps there.

polytely 6y ago

Somewhat in the same vein is Steam's new game recommendation engine where you have a [popular --- niche] slider so you can filter out the obvious results. I wish more search engines had something like that. In general there is so much cool stuff out there on the edges of culture, but your really have to hang around in weird circles to stumble upon the hidden gems.

alharith 6y ago

Just to dive deeper into this, with the billions of people on this planet, why is someone necessarily entitled to getting their name out there without having to invest something themselves?

arkitaip 6y ago

It doesn't help that most streams look identical to each other when your are browsing the directory, i.e. hundreds of thumbnails that look like screenshots of games. There is no way to tell them apart.

croon 6y ago

I'm doing the cardinal mistake of not having clicked the link since I'm at work, but to build on your sentiment: Is it binary between searching for 0 viewers and not 0< viewers? If so I'd suggest implementing the option of searching for less than <arbitrary number of users>, so someone new actually can grow a bit from this tool before potentially taking off organically.

hombre_fatal 6y ago

You act like this wasn't always true or that celebrity never existed.

Rinum 6y ago
It wasn't always true. The internet made it globalized. Prior to the internet a person's reach was much less powerful. I honestly don't even know who my local leaders are anymore, but I definitely know about PewDiePie. I think this has to do with Dunbar's number as well. More global celebs taking the spots of others.