Poll of the Day > I feel guilt(?) watching some content creators.

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I was watching a music stream on twitch last night and I felt a gripping feeling in my chest, that feeling where you feel guilty for doing something, because something was off.

The people I was watching kept on getting money from this same person. If you don't know people can "donate" subscription ($5/mo) for the ability to use different emotes. Well I saw something that was very uncomforting, The person in question had given the channel 1500 subscriptions (so this person basically donated $7500 to this channel. While listening I also heard that the channel had over $1000 subs. What made me feel uncomfortable was that the average amount of people watching at any given time was under 75, and the channel itself only had around 1500 followers.

While I was listening, the streamer started bragging about how she was a film director or some bullshit, and that she was close to a record label. It looked like she had a lot of money, at least more than I had.

It just felt very wrong watching this person, and I started thinking more about the people I was watching. All of them are basically exploring their viewers for money. Their content is geared towards the people who are willing to pay. The longer I watched the stream the more I would see that the streamer was basically playing the songs that only the person donating the money wanted to hear.

Then I realized that all of these music channels basically play the same 30 songs.

And then I'm like "what the fuck is going on, is this some kind of scheme of some kind?"
And then I just stopped. I felt so dirty being apart of it.
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It's not just women, men do it too.
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I mean, that makes sense. If someone was paying me to sing songs, Id probably play the songs they requested, as well...
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Yeah, I read through that twice and I still don't get how it made you feel guilty watching somebody entertain their customers.

Money talks.

Red_Frog posted...

Yeah, I read through that twice and I still don't get how it made you feel guilty watching somebody entertain their customers.

Money talks.

I think hes mad people pay other people for stuff. Lots of people were talking about stuff like that in my Patreon topic. People seem to not be happy that content creators get money. They say they dont deserve it.

Or he could have mistaken jealousy for guilt...
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LinkPizza posted...

Red_Frog posted...

Yeah, I read through that twice and I still don't get how it made you feel guilty watching somebody entertain their customers.

Money talks.

I think hes mad people pay other people for stuff. Lots of people were talking about stuff like that in my Patreon topic. People seem to not be happy that content creators get money. They say they dont deserve it.

Or he could have mistaken jealousy for guilt...

I think he means he feels guilty that he watches horrible content when he should instead be cleaning the dog poo off of his walls
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LinkPizza posted...

Red_Frog posted...

Yeah, I read through that twice and I still don't get how it made you feel guilty watching somebody entertain their customers.

Money talks.

I think hes mad people pay other people for stuff. Lots of people were talking about stuff like that in my Patreon topic. People seem to not be happy that content creators get money. They say they dont deserve it.

Or he could have mistaken jealousy for guilt...

That last part could make the most sense, but seemed like a pretty odd mistake to make.

I can understand thinking something isn't worth the money, for me that usually just means I don't spend the money. If somebody else thinks it's worth theirs, more power to them. In this case, I guess that power is the power to request songs.

I feel ya, TC. Never been a fan of 99.99% of streamers for that reason. They definitely prey on those that look to be social online. I guess it's a strange symbiosis, but for the vast majority of people, it does look one-sided as hell. If someone gets their rocks off by getting a shoutout on a Twitch or YouTube stream, more power to them, I guess, but yeah.

That being said, I've dropped $5 here or there just for shits and giggles because that's disposable income, but it could have been better spent for sure.
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You just hate them cuz you ain't them
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