For every piece of shit in streaming, there's dozens more incredible, kind, and genuine creators doing their best to make this space a fun and enjoyable place.
Don't let the bad apples spoil the bunch!
Support the real ones! Find new streamers! Follow small creators! EZ FIGHT BB
Content Creators:
Twitch sucks.
YouTube aint much better.
Other platforms barely keeping up.
Even with all that, don't give up on your dreams of entertaining! We're all gonna make such cool stuff for people to enjoy even if these hogshit companies keep trying to fuck us over!😤
If I forget to reply to your DM it's because I secretly hate you and I'm plotting behind your back for your downfall with your closest friends+family.
It's totally NOT because I have the brain of a goldfish and forgot to reply to you like how I forgot what I had for lunch today.
Lurkers are the backbone of streaming.
Half my chatters are adults working a 9-5 and can't chat, but still want something to listen to.
STREAMERS LOVE LURKERS PLEASE NEVER STOP VIBING WITH US IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE YOU WORK! 🤟
Hot take from a VTuber manager: if you’re not growing, it’s rarely “the algorithm”; it’s your content, your plan, or both.
People say: "don't do Vtubing thinking on making this a career or else you won't get too far/you will get frustrated"; You *can* and you *should* think of doing that as a career if you want to. Of course there are some "howevers" you should know before, and one of them is, know what you doing.
Don't use "hope" as a strategy: test, measure, adjust, repeat.
Start with an honest audit: watch your own VOD. End to-end. You feel bored watching your content? This is a problem.
On stream, if you’re bored, viewers are gone. And remember that editing isn’t personality; a flashy sixty-second cut can’t rescue a dull three-hour stream. Don't hold on everything on edited clips. And when you are searching for a editor, find one that matches your personality. Don't look to a good fast-paced editor if this ain't your style.
Ask for real feedback, not comfort. Sometimes, its hard to listen to a critic. But it is important. Listen and take notes of creators that you know that can be frank about your content.
Plan like a business: form a hypothesis, run a test, read data, decide. Set weekly experiments across hooks, thumbnails, titles, segment order, schedule, or topic. Study succesfull creators and copy the pattern, not the file: what exact hook, title/thumbnail, topic, runtime, posting time, and CTA worked?
Study flops with equal rigor: if the idea is strong but reach is weak, fix your SEO/keywords, title/thumbnail, the first three seconds, captions; if the idea is weak, kill it fast.
Spend wisely: gear and models are multipliers, not engines; prioritize audio and a stable rig before a pricey model. And there goes another hot take: premade models are not something to be ashamed. To be honest, its better to start this way and see if livestream is your business than spend lots of money on a model and discover that livestreaming isn't your thing.
Build community, not vanity metrics: define your niche and reasons to return (a recurring bit beats random spikes), and stay consistent.
The algorithm is an amplifier, not a savior. Create content that people finish and share.
If you feel lost, you can reach me on DMs. I sell a service, but I also like to help anyone I can.
Twitch numbers are a cruel thing- ESPECIALLY for full time streamers.
The reasons for a dip in viewership are many, but in this industry numbers are all ebb and flow.
Some days will be incredible, others will be shit. Keep creating despite the viewer dip, and never give up! 🫶
I think I like the process of training.
Pushing myself, exerting, seeing progress, building up to something. I haven't done that in a few years, not in terms of building up to something.
Maybe I could stand to pick some proper goals to work towards.
If you are an aspiring content creator or own a cool OC you love presenting by:
I say this with utmost respect and transparency, but please improve your social media presence. Update those links, show better references of what you do, show your characters at least if you are not a content creator, update your profile pics and banners.
A lot of aspiring Content Creators, or people who like the field of Vtubing as a hobby, they say they "want things" , but have absolutely nothing to show for it. :')
It makes it so difficult if I want to draw a fanart of your OC that you claim you have. I can't even tell if some of the people in these threads even have a platform they make any content because there are no links or any kind of information I can look at. Sometimes when I go to twitch or youtube, I can't even find the handle because it's under a completely different name. At this point some I feel like some are bots because they don't have much in their profiles but posts that are completely about something else. Heck, some bots are more convincing that they are real people!