Streaming is a job as any other, and although some tend to think of streamers as people who are "living the dream" by playing video games while making money, the sad truth is that only the tiny number of the top-end streamers are earning a stable and significant income, while 99% of others are just like you and me: regular people grinding their way through life.
And right now, we're living in challenging and hard times, full of uncertainty and unpredictability. Many are doing streaming mostly as a hobby or "extra" job, and for them, their main job right now is something they really need to think about the most.
Mixer, Microsoft's streaming platform, decided to show some support for its partnered streamers by giving them a small financial injection as a sort of help and incentive to keep going. This was noticed earlier today by Fraser Brown of PC Gamer, who listed a couple of Tweets from Mixer streamers saying that they got a $100 surprise from Mixer.
It seems that Mixer didn't say anything in advance about this and they didn't even make an official statement or something similar. Instead, they simply want to quietly help their streams, which is undoubtedly a nice gesture!
Mixer are giving us partners an extra $100 to make sure we are all looked after and my heart is so whole right now! Thank you @WatchMixer ð¥ºð¤ð¸
â Jess (@SassyKittencx) April 2, 2020
Mixer just sent all of their partners $100 to use however they please during the pandemic.
â Greenskull (@Greenskull) April 2, 2020
Coolest thing I've seen a company do in a while.
We ordering delivery tonight!
Thank you @WatchMixer for sending the partners a little supply drop.
â Exellion (@Exellion_) April 2, 2020
I'm going to spend all $100 donating to non-partners.
Drop some of your favorite non-partnered Mixer streamers below and I'll hit them up with some love!
â¨I want to spend the $100 (that @WatchMixer generously gave to active partners on Mixer) on Embers for monetized Mixer channels!â¨
â lindsywood (@lindsywood7) April 2, 2020
â¨Drop your link, or your favorite streamers link, and Iâll check them all out soon!â¨
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