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I want to ask the stupidest question I've ever asked in my entire life (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The question is: how do I become a streamer? lmao

I know, I know, but the thing is, I've been teaching English for about ten years now and I'm frankly getting tired of the grind, waking up early as shit, teaching for six to nine hours each day and all that. I make good money, but I get the feeling that the real big money is in doing online stuff. Selling courses, making content, that kind of stuff.

My idea for a channel or twitch stream or whatever would be me playing games and then commenting on interesting aspects of the stuff characters are saying in the games. Some of the streams would be Q&As, some straight-up lessons on specific topics, maybe some streams dedicated to other stuff like films and TV shows. You get the idea.

The thing is, I don't even know where to start. I'm familiar with OBS, I have a good camera and mic setup that I already use for my online lessons, but I don't know where to start in terms of platforms, streamers to use as references and what I should expect from the process of cultivating an audience.

What do you folks think? Where should I begin?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

gonna be real here and say: in all likelihood, you don't

the amount of people making money streaming is so top heavy, you might as well ask "how do I win the lottery?" there are so many people who have been streaming consistently for years and still have like 12 followers, the shit is bleak

i dunno maybe im being pessimistic but i feel like unless you capture lightning in a bottle you might consider a different career

the other answer might also just be viewbotting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I have seen convincing videos from people on how to fairly consistently drive traffic to videos with know-how but even some of them just say that streaming is a lot of luck from what I recall with the notable mouthpiece of this being Ludwig.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Funny coming from Ludwig, I saw him do some challenge once where he either had to admit a truth or do something he didn’t want to. Someone asked him if he was viewbotting when he was getting started and he chose to do the other thing instead of answer the question

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you rephrase that for me? I'm not sure if I had way too much caffeine but I'm not sure if I'm reading the end of that sentence correctly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Played truth or dare with chat, admitted to viewbotting without saying it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, lmao good ol' Scamwig stays at it. I wouldn't be surprised though if sometimes it requires both, I'm pretty sure I've met people that were likely viewbotting and still didn't end up with a following.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly the only reason I haven’t taken a stab at it is because I don’t know how to create a botnet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

People don't create bots, they pay for them and it's just a manual click factory with a bunch of physical phones in Asia somewhere

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Can’t afford it either

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