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posted by janrinok on Friday October 11 2019, @07:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the let's-play-global-thermonuclear-war dept.

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Donald Trump joins Twitch, Amazon's game-streaming service

Donald Trump is spreading his social media wings with the launch of a channel on Twitch. Trump is at least the third candidate for president to create a presence on the video game streaming service.

Trump's account, which has a verification check mark, counts about 7,000 followers but hasn't posted any content as of this writing, but the move suggests the president will use the platform to livestream videos to his supporters as part of his 2020 re-election bid. Other candidates to launch Twitch accounts include Democrats Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang.

Although not a fan of social media, Trump is one of the industry's most prolific users, using his Twitter account to announce policy changes and criticize his opponents. His 65.5 million followers on Twitter put him just out of the top 10 most-followed Twitter accounts. He also has nearly 15 million followers on Instagram, although he posts on that account far less frequently than he does on Twitter.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by XivLacuna on Friday October 11 2019, @07:22PM (6 children)

    by XivLacuna (6346) on Friday October 11 2019, @07:22PM (#905999)

    I absolutely hate how main street media controls the debates and I would love to see it on Twitch with a wide view of the audience at the bottom of the feed.
    That way we won't have to deal with one minute soundbites and thirty second rebuttals oh and sorry but we have to take a commercial break.

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  • (Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Friday October 11 2019, @08:19PM (3 children)

    by jimtheowl (5929) on Friday October 11 2019, @08:19PM (#906027)
    Soundbites like.. "main street media" ?
    • (Score: 1) by XivLacuna on Friday October 11 2019, @08:38PM (2 children)

      by XivLacuna (6346) on Friday October 11 2019, @08:38PM (#906036)

      To be honest I sanitized it a little so I wouldn't get a bunch of "Troll" and "Flamebait" moderations done to my posts and have my voice completely suppressed.

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by jimtheowl on Friday October 11 2019, @10:14PM

        by jimtheowl (5929) on Friday October 11 2019, @10:14PM (#906077)
        To be labeled, or exposed, is not the same thing as being suppressed.

        Perhaps you would prefer to suppress those who expose you.
      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 12 2019, @12:11AM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 12 2019, @12:11AM (#906119) Journal

        Purdue Pharma is coming out with a new Troll Suppressant formula. First, you trick the troll into bending over, then you ram it up his arse. It's a time delay formula, which dissolves as the troll types.

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 12 2019, @12:11AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday October 12 2019, @12:11AM (#906120) Homepage

    There is one ground rule by which all ground warriors must abide: Don't mention Taiwan or Hong Kong, and include the 9-dashed line in all world maps.

    And if players dare violate those rules, ban them from speaking and posting...but don't cut off their payment accounts just yet: They may like those games enough to buy lootboxes in the near future when the next hot game comes out and they forget about all this.

  • (Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:53PM

    by Nobuddy (1626) on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:53PM (#907359)

    I would love to see a truly moderated debate. Each debater is in a different location, and their mic is turned the fuck off until it is their turn to speak. If they try to give a nonsense speech instead of an answer, moderator puts them back on track, and cuts their mike if they do not.

    Debates these days are just a series of mini practiced peeches.