On Twitch, you can never log off
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On Twitch, you can never log off
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#2Isn’t this the next level of burnout that YouTube creators have been complaining about and feeling for years?
And before that movie stars.
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#3I can't even log _in_ to begin with. I have an account but every password that I try doesn't work. Username retrieval emails work but password reset messages never arrive in my inbox. Support representatives ignore this issue when I tell them about it and instead say that they "can't verify [my] ownership of the account" and refuse to help even though I email them back from the address that's on my account. They also say that if I don't login that my username might maybe possibly hopefully someday be released for use after an indeterminate period of time.
On the flip side I suppose that this saves me from the plight described in this article, though I somehow doubt that anybody would want to watch me produce my cover band practice sessions or write random side projects anyhow :-P
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#4I can't even log _in_ to begin with. I have an account but every password that I try doesn't work. Username retrieval emails work but password reset messages never arrive in my inbox. Support representatives ignore this issue when I tell them about it and instead say that they "can't verify [my] ownership of the account" and refuse to help even though I email them back from the address that's on my account. They also…
You've probably fallen into the black hole of the fraud department. The only way to get out of that, with most big companies, is to get the personal attention of an executive.
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#5I can't even log _in_ to begin with. I have an account but every password that I try doesn't work. Username retrieval emails work but password reset messages never arrive in my inbox. Support representatives ignore this issue when I tell them about it and instead say that they "can't verify [my] ownership of the account" and refuse to help even though I email them back from the address that's on my account. They also…
I have a hotmail account from the nineties and some emails just don't get delivered to it anymore. It's happened with several companies that I do business with. I've had to get them on the phone and change my email to a gmail account, but some you can't get them on the phone.
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#6Title: On Twitch, you can never log off.
Content: Here's some people who logged off Twitch.
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#7It seems like operating a channel shared between a few people might alleviate some of these concerns.
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#8Twitch has become a much lower risk more rewarding place for many creators who want to make "low effort" content in respect to edited/curated videos. Earlier this week a content creator with ~4,000-5,000 average concurrent viewers (~300th biggest by follow count) leaked his "bounty board" of advertisements he could show to his viewers, this included a $1195 "bounty" to watch a 1 minute trailer and a $7365 "bounty" to play the video game Genshin Impact for 1 hour. I find it a little wild an advertiser for a movie is willing to pay $1195/minute for 10,000 impressions (in a generous case). This is opposed to other models like youtube, where creators can make videos that wildly vary in viewership and advertisement payments. Subscriptions on twitch add another vector for streamers to make more consistent income, even when not streaming. This is likely a reason Twitch is the dominant streaming platform in America
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#9I can't even log _in_ to begin with. I have an account but every password that I try doesn't work. Username retrieval emails work but password reset messages never arrive in my inbox. Support representatives ignore this issue when I tell them about it and instead say that they "can't verify [my] ownership of the account" and refuse to help even though I email them back from the address that's on my account. They also…
You've probably fallen into the black hole of the fraud department. The only way to get out of that, with most big companies, is to get the personal attention of an executive.
I can't log in to my PayPal account with similar behavior. I guess that might be why, especially when I received some unsolicited payments I never cashed in.
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#10Seems like a lot of streamers think that streaming = not working. By the time they realize streaming is a job, they're burnt out.
I respect the hell out of Ludwig for this. He treats streaming like a business, and his success speaks for itself. He doesn't foster parasocial relationships, and he avoids as much of the petty streamer drama that he possibly can. He's now transitioned towards large productions that draw in greater numbers of viewers. The huge streamers making six figures or more have more than enough money to hire personal trainers, therapists, and personal assistants to help manage their daily life. I feel very little sympathy for millionaires who commentate Youtube all day for a living for being incapable of managing their own lives like adults.