Live Streaming on Twitch, Earning a Living as a Gamer, TikTok - Jon Radoff and Swebliss

The metaverse is opening up a new range of opportunities for online jobs: one of these is in the realm of online performance. Emma (known online as "Swebliss") is a Twitch streamer and TikTok personality who has assembled an audience approaching a million people by streaming her gameplay and artistry. How did she do it, what are the opportunities in streaming, and how does one "break in" to this business? What are some of the challenges and problems with being a streamer today? We also cover the challenges women face around online toxicity. If you're curious about the personal and business side of the live-streaming business, this is your chance to learn more about one of the original "play to earn" businesses in gaming.

You can watch Swebliss on her Twitch channel here: ideas can be found...

...at this blog, Building the Metaverse:

...on Twitter:

...and at his live game services platform company, Beamable: sure you subscribe here if you'd like to keep learning from thought leaders in the metaverse industry.

0:00 Intro

2:15 Becoming a Live Streamer

6:00 How Streaming Has Changed

10:30 Streaming Creativity

16:08 Online Toxicity

22:30 Kids Online

26:00 Careers in the Metaverse

30:00 Emotional Violence

31:36 Online Relationships

34:30 The Internet is Real

36:30 Positives of Game Play

41:30 Open, Empathic Communities

42:50 TikTok

44:00 People Treated as Objects

46:00 The Personal Nature of Twitch

48:40 What Game Developers Need to Know

54:25 Starting a Career as a Streamer

#metaverse #gamedevelopment #twitchstreaming

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