There are no clever thumbnails or clickbait titles it all comes down to the quality of content and consistency of the streamer. it’s just not cool, dude.”Īfter berating people in chat for not subscribing to his channel, calling out other casters for hyping their own channels and complaining about his view count, Jones has put the the Twitch community on edge.īut one Reddit user pointed out that, unlike YouTube, it’s much harder to game the system for views on Twitch. “You literally fucking throw every one of your so-called friends out there for content hype for yourself,” Jones can be heard saying off-camera. Jones also tells Greek to stop hitting on Mira, bringing up an incident from May 2017 that caused problems for the former friends. In the video, Jones calls out Greek for making fun of another streamer, Ice_Poseidon, whom Twitch banned last year after a swatting incident.
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Jones targets Greek in the archive below, which took place on his girlfriend Mira’s channel on Jan. Jones and Greek have streamed together in the past and are friends with each other, but earlier this week, Jones accused Greek of “manipulating his viewers for personal gain,” according to a Reddit summary. Manufactured content on Twitch and YouTube is this generation’s soap operas even though people can see through the bullshit, it’s entertaining to tune into the day’s stories.įor Jones lately, those involve attacking one caster in particular: GreekGodX, more commonly referred to as Greek. More people tune in, subscriptions grow and business booms. Although it seems negative, their newfound attention inevitably boosts their careers. The more someone talks smack about another caster, the more likely it is that the caster will respond, resulting in confrontation. Jones streams often on IRL, a divisive Twitch section where drama lurks and personalities bait each other. Though viewers don’t mind drama every now and again - just look at how successful big Twitch casters and popular influencers on YouTube are - the circumstances Jones finds himself in are too reminiscent of high school drama, according to people in the Reddit thread. Members are tired of Jones calling out other casters for being more successful than he is, and then berating the chat when they don’t subscribe to him. The majority of the thread’s posts come down to two things: exhaustion and annoyance.
The negative attention both Jones and the subreddit received after the streamer landed on the front page prompted the response, as questions came flooding in. Now, however, at the height of a feud that reached the front page of Reddit’s default front page, the subreddit’s community wants all mentions of Mitch Jones, one of the most controversial creators, removed.Ī thread posted on the subreddit this week, called “Petition to ban Mitch Jones from this subreddit for constantly trying to make drama out of nothing for views and attention,” now has close to 2,000 comments.
These and other familiar casters are notorious for their ability to create controversy. Many of the biggest streamers, including Sodapoppin, Ice_Poseidon and GreekGodX, have made a name for themselves on the subreddit by using drama to win attention. It’s what the popular subreddit r/livestreamfail, which has more than 170,000 members, thrives on.
A group of Twitch streamers and YouTube personalities have figured out a core business model that has catapulted them into every major conversation: Drama sells.Ĭontent creators have learned that calling out other casters and appearing on their streams is a good way to get people to pay attention to them.
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