Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz announced last week that he would be throwing his hat into the online streaming ring and starting his own Twitch channel.
So far, his peak viewership has been six people.
Growing a community on Twitch is not easy. According to data from Sully Gnome and Twitch Tracker, the top 1% of Twitch streams have an average of approximately 20 concurrent viewers during their streams. The users pulling in tens of thousands of viewers each stream are the platform's top 0.1%, and account for around 74% of the total watch time on the platform.
That being said, Mr. Gaetz has an inherent advantage over a 16-year-old hoping to stream their Dungeons and Dragons campaign or their latest video game speed run — he's a Congressman. Theoretically, he has a baked-in audience.
Mr. Gaetz has 1.7m followers on Twitter, but it appears that very few — at least at this point — have followed him onto Twitch. He has 1,600 followers on the platform, but anyone can follow an account — subscriptions and viewers are what counts toward monetisation on Twitch.
Those who have followed him to the streaming site don't appear to be fans.
VICE News reports that after his inaugural livestream on Thursday — a 30 minute chat touching on the Capitol riot, right-wing conspiracy subject Ray Epps, and "wokeism" in schools with former Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie — Mr. Gaetz left his chat running while he was offline.
This is common for Twitch streamers — many will allow their chats to stay active when they're not streaming, and some continue to participate with their communities offline. However, Mr. Gaetz's viewers took the opportunity to slam him and leave vulgar ASCII images in the chat, including many depicting male genitals.
Some chat users also brought up the sex trafficking investigation that focused on Mr. Gaetz — which prosecutors have since reportedly declined to pursue — calling him a "pedo" in the chat.
The Independent has reached out to Mr. Gaetz for comment.
Based on the symbols used by the chatters, it appears most of the people mocking Mr. Gaetz appeared to be fans of leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. Mr. Piker is one of the site's most popular streamers, and noted Mr. Gaetz's addition to the platform on Twitter.
"This is certainly what we needed on the platform," Mr. Piker wrote sarcastically.
Mr. Gaetz's account retweeted the post with the message "I agree. Thanks for tuning in @hasanthehun. Don't forget to subscribe!"
Mr. Piker took the opportunity to change his Twitter name to "gaetz pedo fbi investigation," ensuring that viewers on Mr. Gaetz's Twitter page would see the name if they saw the Congressman's retweet.
Mr. Gaetz never deleted the retweet. Mr. Piker has since changed his Twitter name back to his original name, Hasanabi.
Further adding to the pile-on was the fact that Mr. Gaetz announced his intention to join the platform the day after Bloomberg published a bombshell report focused on "widespread child predation" on Twitch. The report claimed it found evidence of thousands of accounts that specifically target and follow kids and pre-teens streaming on the platform and leave predatory messages for the children in their chats.
Users on Twitter, including Mr. Piker, posted screenshots of their feeds, showing Mr. Gaetz's announcement alongside the Bloomberg headline "Child predators use Twitch to systematically track kids livestreaming."
Mr. Gaetz joined the streaming platform at a tumultuous time; over the past two weeks, Twitch has been rocked by claims from streamers and fans that a prominent user, Sliker, was allegedly scamming them out of money to pay gambling debts, as well as an internal fight between streamers over gambling on the platform that snowballed into a sexual assault scandal implicating several notable streamers.
Sliker has admitted to asking fellow streamers and viewers for money under false pretenses and has apologised.
On top of all of that, the platform also announced it would be banning unregulated gambling sites from its streams and that it planned to change the way it paid streamers, leaving some of its top users to openly question whether they would remain on the site, according to the New York Times.
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Wow! 👏👏👏 JDEadonWriter on X, put this amazing post out today. Check this out!
Are Meghan Markle's kids FAKE? 🤔
Megnant
1 Size: Bump drastically altering in size, even in a single day 😯
2 Slip: Bump slipped down to her knees in Birkenhead, UK 😯
3 Wobble: Bump wobbled side-to-side as she crossed the street. 😯
4 Clutching: Supporting her bump with her hands overly often. 🤔
5 Popping: audibly popped in a video, and wafted her clothes😯
6 Shape: Bump unnaturally shaped on Netflix🤔
7 Straps: Moonbump straps outlines visible under clothing in several photos. And something snapped, impacting the clothing fabric (video of H&M in London)😯
8 Biology: An absence of swelling of ankles, and other subtle biological (non)signs.🤔
9 Holding: Carrying a (doll?) infant on her bump, instead of on her hip.🤔
10 Squats: Squatting, effortlessly, with her knees together in videos and photos. In heels.😯
Births
11 Announcements: Royal official birth announcements are indirect. One states they are delighted "by the news of the" (not by the actual) birth.🤔
12 Coverup? A medic who certified a birth closed down her practice shortly afterwards.😯
13 Certificates: Questions linger over the birth certificates signatures, etc.🤔
14 Leak: An official Royal twitter account tweet indicated that Meghan’s kids are fake, before being taken down. An innocent prank?😁
15 Recovery: Epidural (ouch!) birth in a bath description anomalies and arriving home too soon afterwards to be quite plausible.🤔
16 Born Of Body?: Meghan allegedly told a friend she was infertile, when at college, and there was a reported alleged hysterectomy before the births.
17 Silence: Meghan is silent on her claimed births, despite always flashing her bump; having a "Capacity for over sharing"; boasting about being a “Mom”, and always talking about herself (apparently) on her feminist podcast. 🤔
Rented Infants
18 Archie Model: The real parents of the infant predominantly shown in Archie photos are identified. 💥
19 Lilibet Model: Parents of the infant shown in Lilibet photos are identified.💥
20 Loan: Mother of “Lilibet” commented on Insta that she does not "loan" her daughter to Meghan any longer.😯
21 Shape-Shifting: Different infants used in photos of both Archie and Lilibet.😯
22 Photoshopping: A litany of incompetently-photoshopped “family” photos. (A huge topic in itself).🤔
Dolls
23 Reborn Doll: Seemingly cradling a doll (a product called Darren) in official photo of Archie 🪆
24 Party Doll: Meghan seemingly cradled a similar doll when gate-crashing a polo match party, begetting astonished looks.😯
25 Bumpy Ride: Meghan seemed to be lugging an inanimate doll on top of her bump through some woods in Canada. Whilst grinning at a hired pap.🪆
26 Twisted: In one photograph, Archie's head is twisted more than 90 degrees 🪆
27 Carrying: A high % of photographs show them carrying the “kids” 🪆
28 Backs-Turned: A high % of Photos are of kids facing away from the camera 🤔
Other Oddities
29 Website: A startling absence of updates of Royal website on Meghan’s offspring.🤔
30 Bishop: Los Angeles christening cleric was not the official Bishop the Harkles claimed he was.🤔
31 Implausible Platitudes: Claiming Archie’s first word was “Crocodile”, and that he demands a Leica camera for his birthday. As tots do...🤔
32 Merch: An uncharacteristic unwillingness to merchandise their kids, for $$$ or PR.🤔
33 Invisible: The Harkles are never seen with their kids. There are hints of "home schooling" (will they ever be allowed out?)😯
34 Family Holidays: Weirdly, the Harkles never take their kids on holiday, and, if they pretend they did, they incompetently photoshop them into pap snaps on Insta.🤔
35 Everything Else: All the stuff I overlooked in this hastily speed-typed list.🤔
🤔🤔🤔
Why does it matter? 🤔
Because rich Prince Harry wants we skint, long-suffering tax payers, to pay for his security expenses; he’s a traitor, and, well, it’s fraud, isn’t it? 💥
Feel free to leave evidence I missed out in the comments. 👍
#MeghanMarkleIsAGrifter
#MeghanMarkleExposed
#WhereAreTheKids
#sussexbabyscam
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currently playing….nsb’s songs!
header by @yvbiko ! dividers by @cafekitsune ! my requests are closed!
OT7 (only hc atm)
how the media team (and ty) would stop the boys argument (fluff, y/n's not included in this one)
"i can't wait to see edits of us together." (fluff, famous!gf x nsb members)
the boys giving you princess treatment (fluff)
what the other boys think about you and a member's romantic relationship (fluff)
the boys getting you promise ring (fluff)
the boys seeing you in lingerie (suggestive)
comforting them about your ex (reverse-comfort!)
when they see their girl breaking down because of all the studies they have (comfort)
when they do a prank on youtube and call you clingy and actually hurt you (angst with comfort at the end, happy ending)
the boys taking care of you while you're sick (fluff, comfort)
them seeing their girl being jealous (fluff, comfort)
them taking care of you when you’re pregnant! (fluff)
christmas with them (fluff)
you celebrating your birthday with them (fluff)
my drabbles / shorts work!
NSB LOVE LETTERS - special valentine's day! (fluff)
the tweets they make about you (fluff)
texts with nsb members - when they mention you on their lives (fluff)
texts with nsb members - when they see you sad (comfort)
texts with nsb members - random questions they ask you at 3am (fluff)
texts with nsb members - when you’re scared of the dark (oli’, seb’, justin’, and ryan’s part) (fluff, comfort)
texts with nsb members - when you’re scared of the dark (kane’, darren’, and regie’s part) (fluff, comfort)
texts with nsb members - when they’re jealous over a fictional character (fluff)
most to least discreet when they're in love (fluff)
most to least anxious when their girl don't text them back (fluff)
most to least insecure when they're jealous (fluff)
nsb as your bestfriends (pictures)
EVENT OCTOBER 2023 - 7 daily post until halloween
click here to see all the posts!
oliver moy:
home alone? (suggestive, imagine)
oliver moy being your boyfriend (fluff, hc)
aquarium date with oliver moy (fluff, hc)
oliver moy seeing you in his tshirt (fluff, hc)
oliver being protective of seb (fluff, hc, y/n is not included in this one!)
oliver moy singing you to sleep (fluff, hc)
oliver moy seeing you during their tour (fluff, hc)
oliver's reaction when he see you didn't shaved (comfort, hc)
walking outside hands in hands with oliver (fluff, hc)
oliver moy as your boyfriend (pictures)
sebastian moy:
period comfort (fluff, comfort, imagine)
i can't drive because you drive me crazy (suggestive, imagine)
i'm the one for you.. (FEAT JUSTIN PHAN) (comfort and angst with a happy ending, imagine)
sebastian moy being your boyfriend (fluff, hc)
movie night with seb (fluff, hc)
what i think sebastian moy would do if he saw you crying in the dark (comfort, hc)
what would seb do if you were smaller than him (fluff, hc)
touring with seb (fluff, hc)
coming out to seb (LGBTQ+) (fluff, comfort)
oliver being protective of seb (y/n is not included in this one!!) (fluff, hc)
"i'm scared, y/n. i'm really scared." (reverse comfort!)
buying halloween stuff with seb (fluff, hc)
sebastian moy as your boyfriend (pictures)
justin phan:
happy birthday, kitten.. (suggestive, imagine)
" your anxiety is lying to you, my love " (comfort, imagine)
i'm the one for you.. (FEAT SEBASTIAN MOY) (fluff, angst with a happy ending, imagine)
justin phan being your boyfriend (fluff, hc)
cooking with jp (fluff, hc)
how i think justin would express his love towards you (fluff, hc)
him asking you out on a date (fluff, hc)
how i think jp would help you with your mental health (comfort, hc)
justin phan as your boyfriend (pictures)
‘i’m in love with a skater boy’
ryan nguyen:
next round (suggestive, imagine)
carving pumpkins with ryan (fluff, hc)
ryan being your boyfriend (fluff, hc)
going to a concert with azngami (fluff, hc)
ryan introducing you to the stars (fluff, hc)
you cut yourself while cooking (comfort, hc)
ryan nguyen as your boyfriend (pictures)
kane ratan:
" want to do 7 minutes in heaven with me? " (suggestive, imagine)
going shopping with kane! (fluff, hc)
going to an anime convention with kane! (fluff, hc)
kane being your boyfriend (fluff, hc)
what i think kane would do if he see you being upset (comfort, hc)
traveling with him! (fluff, hc)
kane trying to speak your native language (which is not english) (fluff, hc)
watching scary animes with kane (fluff, hc)
kane ratan as your boyfriend (pictures)
darren liang:
seb's car talk is always right (angst, probably not a happy ending, imagine)
darren being your boyfriend (fluff, hc)
you holding darren's hands for the first time (fluff, hc)
what i think darren would do while you're on your period (comfort, hc)
saturday night with lildarbear (fluff, hc)
selfcare night (fluff, hc)
finding a matching costume with darren (fluff, hc)
darren liang as your boyfriend (pictures)
regie macalino:
regie being your boyfriend (fluff, hc)
regie's reactions when he saw you crying in the bathroom (comfort, hc)
date with regie!! (fluff, hc)
having a dog with regie be like (fluff, hc)
doing arts with macalino (fluff, hc)
making aesthetic pumpkins with regie (fluff, hc)
regie macalino as your boyfriend (pictures)
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