Streamer Things
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Y'all listen. Listen to me. Eye contact.

I know you saw that really cool thing that someone with this massive viewerbase did and you're like "if I had THAT THING, then I could break through and have that viewership!" /1

No. That's not how it works. The path to large viewerships is varied and there isn't one way to do it, but I can absolutely tell you that the way you get there has nothing to do with alerts, layouts, high quality cameras, proper lighting, etc.

Nothing at all. /2

I went to affiliate playing FFXI with no camera whatsoever. I'll quote @/pleasantlytwstd here and use a megaphone for good measure.

WORK. ON. YOUR. CONTENT.

That's it. Work on being a person people want to watch. Have a space people enjoy being in. You can "decorate" later. /3

And while we're here? Your strategy should scale with size.

Let me repeat: your strategy should scale with size.

Copying and pasting the things that someone does just because they have a large viewerbase isn't helpful. At all. /4

There's a lot to learn from those larger streamers, but copying and pasting without thinking critically about what you're trying to apply and whether or not that vibes with you and your audience is just asking to be frustrated and exhausted for no reason.

That's not the move. /5

Do you and work on doing you better. You and no one else. Period.

And that applies outside of streaming.

TL;DR: work on your content, reflect often, and act on what you learn as often as possible. /