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How Hasan Piker Took Over Twitch (Published 2020)
The 29-year-old progressive political commentator has risen to the top of the platform after 80-plus hours of live election coverage.
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NYT - How Hasan Piker Took Over Twitch
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He's a big man.
I started watching him a few months ago when his clips started to pop up on my Youtube feed. Really like the guy, he's ridiculously entertaining.
Yep, absolutely. I think the fact that he's already streamed with AOC means he only gets bigger from here on out.
I started watching him a few months ago when his clips started to pop up on my Youtube feed. Really like the guy, he's ridiculously entertaining.
Yep, absolutely. I think the fact that he's already streamed with AOC means he only gets bigger from here on out.
100k+ viewers on election night, 43k now
pretty great growth
how long until someone comments on how hot he is though
pretty great growth
how long until someone comments on how hot he is though
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I had never heard of him until someone mentioned him in the Election OT and I tuned in every night of his coverage.
I mean he do look good...
I mean he do look good...
you dont love the spirit of justice.
you love your father, the devil
I watch a lot of Hasan's content, and it is rad to see this type of growth. I did a 30 hour shift here between Tuesday and Wednesday last week (I had a nap and a few breaks). I had Hasan on the background for most of his Tuesday's stream, and then caught a lot of his Wednesday stream too. It was quite a day.
He's a deranged pervert.
i know
he keeps getting away with it
Stream link, commentating on the article
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BY THE WAY
He's commentating on this article right now on stream if you want to hear extra insight
He's commentating on this article right now on stream if you want to hear extra insight
BY THE WAY
He's commentating on this article right now on stream if you want to hear extra insight
he jumped up 1k viewers, god damn how many people browse this forum lol
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i'm a political commentator irl trying to avoid heated gaming moments
I wish Twitch wasn't such a toxic, childish environment. I'd watch him more if it didn't involve the chat and the Twitch community.
Good for him and I'm glad he's exposing so many people to the more progressive side of politics.
Good for him and I'm glad he's exposing so many people to the more progressive side of politics.
I mean on the east coast people are also just getting off of work
It's all part of the fun. Watching him yell at 14-year-olds is half of the appeal, lol.
The chat isnt that bad. Theyre mostly all a bunch of memers. Its actually one of the better twitch chats out there. Besides without the chat there wouldnt be any little pet chuds to dunk on. And he do be dunking on them all the time.
If he posts here, this should totally be his avatar.i know
he keeps getting away with it
Pretty much. I've watched him before and find his commentary to be entertaining on occasion, but man, just seeing that chat spam random crap at 1000x a min...
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There's quite a few clips of him on YouTube debating the like of Charlie Kirk and randos, highly recommend watching them if you need to understand his viewpoints / how he processes information and presents it back to the viewer.
His stream is great, his chat might be one of the worst on the platform (not because it's toxic, but because it moves a mile a second and is filled with spam)
Thank god. We need more voices on the left that are more like him.
Era posts a lot of reaction gifs. Twitch is that on steroids
The left needs to elevate more media personalities that push good progressive politics online because the right just dominates the online space and radio broadcasts. Everyone of note on liberal leaning tv networks waffles and yields so much to the center they are practically useless.
If anyone is new to Twitch and wants to start watching his broadcast a little then make sure you download BBTV for your browser. It will enable you to follow the chat better. I have his stream on in the background like a podcast mostly though.
If anyone is new to Twitch and wants to start watching his broadcast a little then make sure you download BBTV for your browser. It will enable you to follow the chat better. I have his stream on in the background like a podcast mostly though.
Interesting article considering this is the same outlet that published a derision-filled article about watching political Twitch streams
www.nytimes.com
They Watched the Debate … on Twitch (Published 2020)
The Amazon-owned platform, known for livestreams of video games, was a gathering spot for viewers seeking a different spin.
It's funny thinking about how streamers who at their peak got like 1/10th as many viewers as Hasan used to constantly try to push him to put on that whole detached internet guy persona. Begging him to stop yelling at his chat to treat him like a human being, etc. I dunno, looks like there's a large audience for streamers who don't put on a sociopathic mask over everything they do.
I feel that way just trying to figure out this thread. I do not understand these references.
"took over Twitch"? He's following the same trajectory as anyone who hit a big part of their content in that he peaked and slowly falling. Can he retain it? Most likely not. So, as the OP title suggests: he did not take over Twitch. In fact, people are starting to tune into XQC more and that's not the greatest spot for politic coverage.
I suspect it will get even lower considering Twitch has a more conservative base than anything, or people believe they are progressive but they enjoy the humor of problematic individuals.
I suspect it will get even lower considering Twitch has a more conservative base than anything, or people believe they are progressive but they enjoy the humor of problematic individuals.
it's the title of the NYT article. to you get a kick out of being so insufferable?
What a weird take, of course he peaked with the election but a look at the numbers shows a clear growth in the last 6-12 months.
What do you want me to say? The day Joe Biden was confirmed as President his viewers has dropped day after day. Where it will land is up to whoever sticks around. The point is he didn't actually take over Twitch. That's like like "Twitch Plays X" took over Twitch. It didn't cause it fizzled pretty fast.
I think a lot of people are hyping the progressive movement on Twitch a whole lot and don't fully realize the bigger players on Twitch. Yes, Hasan got a lot of viewers but he didn't even crack some psycho-loud-mouth returning to League of Legends or a man (Sodapoppon) who really doesn't even like anything outside male and female watching YouTube videos for donations.
We need to keep things in perspective and understand that Twitch has a long, long way to go.
People generally don't like it when you rain on the hype. Applies to almost any personality or product.
I guess the Twitch generation wants their own millennial unqualified taking heads rather than the Gen X / Boomer unqualified ones on cable news. I respect that.
