And water filters. <:Kappa:327142715592540171>

Black pidgeon did a mobile game lol

So did JonTron.

mobile games? 😂

@JadenFrostwolf might be that shapiro is using all of them, but it sounds fake when he talks about them

Well didnt think that people mind anyway

its the same with all kind of talk show like sponsorships really, with ben.

Yeah, he does, but meh. I try not to judge people's intent or try to read their minds.

they are all written the same way so its clear its just another ad

only the ads are being recorded live, rather than pre-recorded

So with tim specifically

Tim pool soundboard with microtransactions to unlock every phrase

its just like any ad on tv with your favorite celeb really

an entire page dedicated to every time he said "I used to work for vice"

And "I'm mixed." <:Kappa:327142715592540171>

tim worked for vice? next you're telling me he is mixed race and wears beanies 😉

tower defense where you refute accusations of being alt-right

So people actually came forward to promo Mobile games? Well I guess its not uncommon in this day and age.

The marketing budgets for some of them rival aaa companies.

There are some mobile games that aren't money vacuums.

They're just rare, and even more rarely are they actually good or interesting.

the difference between mobile game and aaa game is getting smaller every day

yea the vpn stuff has no script or anything

particularly with Mr. "Games as a Service" Ea head.

none of the proposed sponsors have any script other than teach people about it

Actually, so then, how hard would it be to get a sponsor?

Though I am assuming you got some.

the other issue is that if I just did commercials for myself would I end up making more?

theres something about getting a service that people are more into than dontaing to me

the popular mobile games are 100% exploiting psycology, IIRC there was a Y combinator talk about how they attach triggers to anxiety to improve user engagement

So, doing ads for products or services that you like vs ones that you think your audience would like?

all games exploit psychology

What is your perspective of you current audience tim? Just curious.

in fact, when Destiny was coming out, the bragged about actually hiring a psychologist to make the game addicting

I'd say just do whatever interests you. There seems to be at least *some* crossover between what you like and your audience likes.

Besides hearthstone?

what do you mean commercials for yourself? your patreon etc.?

yea do a 30 second promo for my own donations instead

you could try a hybrid approach, do one ad for yourself on one video, a paid ad for the next, see how things work. If you see enough increase from just doing an ad yourself, then you can cut the paid content. if not, then you can start putting in paid content in place of your own ad

Is it a good idea to experient here though?

hmm... depends of how it is integrated i guess... but i would combine it i guess...

We are talking someine career here. And I have no clue about what the average timcast viewer is like

It's best to keep it simple and easy, and not overcomplicate it with any kind of back-and-forth or trying anything fancy.

i think the best place to promote your own donations would be after super engaging content like when you were talking about cars on fire in sweden

though that's also when sponsors want their spots

@GingaBomber i think tim will decide for himself and just wants input...?

This aint some radioshow unfortunately

Vids may be daily, but are too short for inbetweener commercials

And cant be at the end, not everyone finishes the vids.

sponsored ads seem to be fine as long as the company has absolutely nothing to do with the content, hard to make that line clear

That avatar, hah

I watched that video too. lol

well, a "self ad" might work at the end...

@Timcast start selling beanies and rapping about merch

what could go wrong

i'd buy a timcast beanie

but in general the idea of doing sponsored videos on sundays is not wrong, i would only be concerned about the implementation of it... (self-ads would not bring in "outside money")

Sell enough and even the antifa will have trouble finding him

I would buy one of those beanies. It fits my style already.

they'd just attack everyone wearing a beanie

Well then, sponsored vids weekly? Make the vid something unusual and something to look forward to?

We could all show up at events so Tim can blend in. <:Kappa:327142715592540171>

Not that I dont look forward to the dailyS

if he found an engaging partner, a weekly stream could get some $$ too

Streaming hearthstone and chill?

no FUCK hearthstone, I meant talking about events for the week

a recap of sorts?

the whole point of his second channel I guess, but for his main one

things covered, uncovered, and answering Qs

Would like to see things that the MSM refuses to cover. Could be interesting.

A good one hour is good enough I guess

Go over shit that is not big enough for one vid?

it doesnt need structure honestly, but has that conversational tone/interaction with donators

Or answer questions that get brought up. Like dailywire and their mailbag sessions

ye and he can bring his opinions up as opposed to unbiased reporting, YT severely lacks a consumer->creator line unless you stream, for whatever reason

tbh youtube should seperate itself from google as a brand

barely anybody refers to youtube as a company anymore, they just say google

Thing is whoever is running the show isnt the most competant

referring to the CEO?

probably due to the 40+ hours of weekly sensitivity training

have they reduced the amount?

No shit?

I exaggerate, but google seems committed to things that arent exactly utilitarian

where did we start? ah... ad-videos on sundays... yes, monitor the views, make sure you don't sound like you want to bullshit people, 30 second donation ads might work at the end of videos but not as a replacement of sponsored, weekly stream with a partner (that does not just agree with you) might be a good idea... did i miss something?

I mean they are behaving exactly how you would expect concidering they have a monopoly and virtually no incentive to imrpove their products

they do give engineers a lot more room to improve the end products compared to other shady companies like Microsoft, Apple, etc

besides the core functionality of youtube and google ofc

the rest of their products get regular improvements and aren't too beurocratic

they also contribute quite a bit to extremely useful open source projects that don't actually make them money currently such as https://www.dartlang.org/ https://flutter.io/

i'd say TensorFlow but they use it quite a bit internally and it's integrated pretty heavily into a few GCP products

End fake news? not a chance

would be nice if journalists in general had integrity for the truth

too bad it's all agenda based these days

In theory, once AI becomes advanced enough, we could use them as impartial editors/curators for news

The problem is, by the time AI becomes advanced enough to do that, the people creating them will have ways of making the AI think it's unbiased even though it is

I don't think we'll ever get to that point, since rarely are events ever so cut-and-dry.

AI will completely miss the nuance and spirit of a situation, placing only the cold hard facts in their place.

I don't think AI is or will be capable of understanding context, basically.

Maybe not in our lifetime

It will eventually though