For how long? First time I heard that term was when Vinesauce started streaming via Livestream around 2010-ish (I didn’t watch them during their Livestream days, wish I had; sounds like they had a neat setup).
Comment on Study: Streamers Now Wasting Record Amounts of Time Finding Something to Watch
koreth@lemm.ee 2 years ago“Streamer” has been a widely-used entertainment-industry term for streaming companies for years. It’s not a new thing people are making up to be cute.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 years ago
xep@kbin.social 2 years ago
Why not just 'viewers'?
PelagiusSeptim@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It’s not referring to viewers in the title though, it’s talking about the streaming services
Odo@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Combining those, it sounds to me like their usage of “streamers” is referring to the viewers. If they meant the services, it’d read more like “Streamers now wasting record amounts of people’s time”.