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Grow Your YouTube/Twitch Audience With Twitter Media Studio

Grow Your YouTube/Twitch Audience With Twitter Media Studio

For over two years, I’ve talked about Twitter developing a platform for video creators. They continuously talked about it this mysterious video platform they were creating and you could see the moves they were making when they acquired SnappyTV, Vine and then Periscope. Personally, I was super excited to see what this new video platform was all about. At the time, Twitter was an under-utilized…

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Update

We’ve been MIA for a while – re-organizing and planning our next moves. We realized we needed to give you all some time to catch up with Season 2 of the podcast before we completely moved on into Season 3 (We gave you two dope S3 episodes; Moderating Online Communities + Stream Chats as well as Platform Updates). In S2, we tackled lot’s of the basic philosophy of streaming and content creation;…

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Twitch introduces: Creator Camp

Twitch introduces: Creator Camp - their new initiative to help streamers grow and strengthen their communities!

On July 24th, Twitch announced Creator Camp via their blog.

It is a defined as an initiative to provide streamers and content creators with the tools they need to not only grow, but succeed. The aim is to put all of the resources in one place so there is no time wasted.

Creator Camp has already been introduced in your Dashboard Tool Bar, which you can find once you pull up your Dashboard.

You can…

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#TMSHARE KayIsGaming

Checkout the first #TMshare post that features @KayisGaming.

Kay is out here living her best awkward life. Now- she’s a gaming personality that streams on Twitch and does video game related skits on Youtube. She loves to play Shooters, RPGs, and her content is kid friendly. When she’s not gaming, Kay enjoys sharing Memes on Twitter (@KayIsGaming). Platforms: Twitch: KayIsBetter |YouTube:…

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Promote Your Channel Here!

Promote Your Channel Here! #TMShare

TMShare is an initiative where we try to find the best ways to highlight the various Black Women/Women of Color video game content creators. It started with us highlighting channel trailers on our Twitter account by using the hashtag TMShare. We have decided to expand this initiative to our website we will have posts of the various channel trailers Black women and Women of Color creators submit.…

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Platform Updates - S3E1 #TMPOD

Platform Updates – S3E1 #TMPOD

Every Season, we go over the latest platform updates for the top streaming and content creating platforms to keep you in the loop and following the terms of service.  Being informed of the rules of the platform(s) you use to share and create your content is not only smart, it’s one of the best ways to protect your brand and the first step in making sure you community is moderated efficiently.…

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Moderating Online Communities and Stream Chats - S3E1 #TMPOD

Moderating Online Communities and Stream Chats – S3E1 #TMPOD

Did you Miss us?! We are back with a new Season for The Thumbstick Mafia Podcast and we have a few guests with us! Fave of the show and gem in the community: Missy/MissDoItBig. You may have recently seen her on the front page after her BHM Twitch feature or bussin shots in Fortnite. She has been streaming for 5 years and has been the moderator for channels such as CDNThe3rd, High Distortion,…

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Thumbstick Mafia Now Accepting Clips!

When it comes to our Thumbstick Mafia Twitter account, we are consistently in talks about the best ways to promote Black Women, and Women of Color, video game content creators. When we initially started, we would retweet and shout out Twitch links whenever someone was live. Slowly, we started to notice that the account was quickly becoming another Retweet/bot account and that is not what we…

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From the Desk of Thumbstick Mafia

There are some stories that are being brought to light in the Twitch community of abuse and sexual assault. So far there have been a few and more are expected so, please be cautious if you have triggers.  We will be making ourselves available via multiple platforms so we offer a space for fellowship and discussion. We stand with the women and men coming forward with their stories of sexual…

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Youtube Adpocalypse: How The Fallout Has Exposed New Concerns #TMPOD

Youtube Adpocalypse: How The Fallout Has Exposed New Concerns #TMPOD

Back again with another bonus episode. If you are content creator on YouTube, or a regularly YouTube watcher, then you probably heard of the dreaded Adpocalypse. If not then here is a quick rundown: Companies found out a few ads were placed on content that was offensive. Big name companies started remove their ad dollars from YouTube. YouTube made changes to their monetization guidelines to ease…

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'We Need to Have Our Stories': The Black Girl Gamers Fighting for Inclusion via Vice Broadly

So proud of @official_bgg on the feature on Vice! Onward and Upward! #BlackGirlGamers

Our Sister Community Black Girl Gamers has been featured on Vice Broadly! Here’s the interview with BGG Founder: Jay aka Supadupacurl Jay-Anne Lopez. Screenshot via YouTube channel BlackGirlGamers   I was just like anybody else. I got a Super Nintendo, then I had a PS1, then I had a PS2, I skipped PS3 and moved onto Xbox. I’m also into PC gaming,” says Jay–Ann Lopez, the founder of Black Girl…

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TM Presents: Study Your Craft

TM Presents: Study Your Craft

Break? What break? Ya’ll gon’ take this new content g. Sharkyshood and Seek3r here with a special episode for ya’ll: Study Your Craft. We were inspired to do this episode after we watched 30 for 30: XFL and saw the rise and fall of a good idea and how failure doesn’t mean that you didn’t have an impact.   Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play |…

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Thumbstick Mafia: Clans, Communities & Clubs

Thumbstick Mafia: Clans, Communities & Clubs

Hey Ladies! We wanted to formally announce our Destiny 2 Clan. Join Here. The clan is both on Xbox 1 and PlayStation 4. We will have sherpas available to help you through the game or assist if you have any questions etc. For those of you looking to generally connect, outside of Destiny 2 – We do have a general Thumbstick Mafia Club which can be found by searching Thumbstick Mafia in the Club…

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Thumbstick Glo Up: The Next Phase of TM

We have an announcement to make: Thumbstick Glo Up: The Next Phase of TM

Hey Ya’ll! We have exciting news, we’ve finally launched our Patreon! You can view it here: Patreon.com/thumbstickmafia Sharkyshood and I, as you know are very passionate about gaming culture from the perspective black women and woc in the industry. We recently announced our Mid Season break from the Podcast as we would like to take a step back and re-analyze what  the next steps are as our…

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Toxic Stream Culture: Why I won't support 24 hour streams

Toxic Stream Culture: Why I won’t support 24 hour streams

24 hours. 1440 minutes. 86400 seconds.  I won’t pretend that I haven’t done ridiculous things for the love of video games and community but I personally believe that a gaming stream lasting 24 hours – for charity or not – is severely pushing the limitations of what is safe and healthy for a gamer. What’s worse is that 24 hour streams have become a faint chant in the background as a rite of…

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Thumbstick Mafia at PlayNYC

Thumbstick Mafia at PlayNYC

We are happy to announce that Thumbstick Mafia will be at Play-NYC as Press, covering this inaugural event.  What is Play-NYC? New York’s first and only dedicated gaming convention for creators and players alike. Featuring the latest releases from studios large and small and from developers old and new; Play NYC celebrates every facet of gaming in the way only the big apple can. In need more…

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#TMPOD S2E8 - Building Your Team

#TMPOD S2E8 – Building Your Team

We are joined by Special Guest; Undrea of Simply Undrea | an experienced streamer and content creator as well as Brand Ambassador and Community Manager. Listen Here: Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS (more…)