Comment on iCarly was a streamer before streaming was even really a thing.
Greddan@feddit.org 4 days ago
Someone who was actually alive in 2007 here. Live streaming was definitely a thing in 2007. In fact, that was around the time it stared getting big with the launch of Justin.tv (later Twitch.tv and acquired by Amazon). You forget that the internet at the time wasn’t as centralised as today. So many creators simply had their own website where they could post videos and stream.
PayPal was more popular than it is today among other options at the time (like you know, using your card and making regular ass bank payments). Buying merch to support your favourite creators was common.
The word “influncer” did exist and there were tons of them on the “blogosphere” in the 00’s. Today largely replaced by Instagram.
In 2007, a lot of internet connections couldn’t keep up with live streaming.
Yeah, of course this stuff was around, but it didn’t really mean much if most people couldn’t partake.
Same thing goes for the internet. It’s been around for decades but only in the past 15 years ago did most people get online.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days ago
So the internet just got worse
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 days ago
Much, much worse. And it’s getting even worse as time moves on.
theoriginalcows@lemmings.world 3 days ago
The internet has been getting worse since phone users came online and it will continue to get worse as more of them join.
The only way to have some semblance of quality is to ignore what the vast majority of people on the internet are paying attention to.