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TikTok Wants To Be More Like Twitch With Launch Of Livestream Subscription Service
There’s a new kid on the livestreaming block, and their name is TikTok. But in an increasingly crowded field of streaming stock, time will tell which one will walk the walk, talk the talk, and not balk… Yes, I did get paid to write that terrible rhyme.
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Streamers Aren’t Liking Twitch’s Potential Moneymaking Idea
Twitch is reportedly considering major changes to the monetisation practices that streamers are upset about because the potentially lopsided percentages work out to pad Twitch’s bottom line.
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YouTube Streamer With 6.9M Followers Banned After Valorant Tirade Clip Surfaces
In maybe the swiftest escalation of 2022, gaming YouTuber and experimental rapper IShowSpeed was banned from Valorant (and other Riot Games titles) and potentially YouTube for demeaning a female player in Riot’s tactical hero shooter. IShowSpeed has since apologised for his behaviour, saying he was “not having a good day” in the clip that went…
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World of Warcraft Streamer Has Been Celebrating Her 80th Birthday On Twitch For 12 Days (And Counting)
Twitch can often be a cesspit of awfulness. If it’s not one streamer getting swatted or another streamer getting accused of misogyny, then it’s potential litigation between big-name broadcasters (that ultimately fizzled into nothing). But there is some good on the platform, too. One such example is WowGrandma78, a grandma and Twitch streamer who celebrated…