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Is being a live streamer as a job worth it? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've occasionally been thinking of live streaming for awhile (Probably on owncast)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

depends whether you like livestreaming. ignoring the poor likelihood of getting to the point where you can do it as a job, it's essentially like being a comedian or a talk show host or whatever except you can just up and do your job whenever and wherever you feel like no exceptions. you don't have to have a specific schedule and you don't have to convince anyone that you're worth hosting. you just boot up the stream and some weirdos show up and throw money at you to acknowledge their existence.

now, if we stop ignoring the likelihood of getting to the point where you can do it as a job... it's very very unlikely. if you're not already at least "internet famous" and you decide you want to be a streamer for a living, you essentially have to go out there and manufacture internet fame / some kind of viral effect