Amazon: How Is That Video Streaming Thing Working Out?
September 7, 2021
What could be easier? Let people sign up and pump content to people interested in live streams of games, wanna-be go-go performers, and individuals sitting in an inflate-a-pool doing whatever. What could go wrong?
In my lectures about Amazon and the Bezos bulldozer, I highlight a few of the more intriguing activities the DarkCyber research team has observed; to wit:
- A Ukrainian pole dancer live streaming a kids’ pole dancing event
- A former exotic performer riding an electric Segway bicycle wearing absolutely minimal clothing and a colorful bike helmet, a backpack, and high tops
- A person explaining how to avoid being cheated when playing card games with others who are into real time streaming
- First-run motion pictures not on Amazon Prime
- Individuals who paint their bodies in real time to mimic comic book and anime characters.
Yeah, there’s more, but you get the idea.
Now Amazon faces a hitch in its long pre-rolls, its “finder” interface, and its difficulties figuring out if ibabyrainbow is out of bounds.
I read “Twitch Finally Issues Official Statement to Streamers About the ‘Hate Raids’ Issue.” The main idea is that Twitchies are using comments to post negative comments and other possibly objectionable content objects to a “creator’s” chat.
The key passage in the write up for me was this statement:
To say that Twitch is now in disrepute is a massive understatement. Despite being the world’s arguably largest streaming platform, Twitch is not only losing viewers but also a few big-name creators that made their name there.
Defeating the Redmond outfit for JEDI and challenging NASA are possibly easier tasks.
Streamers who do hate — Streamers who boycott via #ADayOffTwitch — Streamers who coined the tag #TwitchDoBetter. Will Sagemaker come to the rescue?
Stephen E Arnold, September 7, 2021
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