We are brand safe Twitch.....we promise! | TableOC Episode 37 3-14-21

3-14-2021

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Intro guests - Symphonic313 and Red_Foxx15

Streaming News

Twitch may be adding a ‘brand safety score’ for streamers

We may be getting a sneak peak behind the curtain with what makes a person eligible to be considered for twitch partner.

From the verge

Cybersecurity researcher Daylam Tayari has found evidence in Twitch’s internal API that the site plans to implement something called a “brand safety score” for its streamers. That score would depend on a number of criteria: the streamer’s age, a rating given by Twitch staff, their ban history, the relationship the streamer has with Twitch, their automod settings, their partnership status, the ESRB rating of the game being played, and whether the stream is set to mature.

If Tayari’s research is indeed accurate this would represent a shift in the way that advertisers interact with streamers on the platform.

Presently, one of the main ways that marketers work with streamers on Twitch is the site’s bounty board; select partners and affiliates in the US, UK, Germany, and France can choose from a list of paid opportunities to either play games or watch branded videos with their communities for automatic payouts. It’s a pretty slick system, one that streamlines and automates the (occasionally arduous) process of working with a brand and getting paid for it.

It’s not hard to imagine that if Twitch does in fact implement a brand safety score for streamers that it would be used to expand the bounty program; it seems like a useful thing for brands to be able to compare streamers on that specific axis, at least. Then again, for streamers, it does mean the site is tracking you on yet another metric that may or may not be available for you to see. I can’t help but think about Uber and Lyft ratings, and how quietly insidious they can be: if your rating gets screwed up for whatever reason, you lose your ability to drive — to make money.

Fox - Do you see this as a good move by Twitch or should they be a bit more transparent with how they rank streamers?

Twitch Streamer Pokimane Reveals Her Relationship Status

I can't believe this is news but it is. Pokimane is single bt dubs.

From game rant

Due to her popularity, Pokimane has a lot of fans that flood her with questions on a regular basis, and it seems many have been asking the streamer about her relationship status as of late.

In a tweet on March 9, Pokimane simply tweeted out, "single btw." She then clarified that she is not looking for a partner, but was "just tired" of people asking the same question and making assumptions about her relationship status. Pokimane's tweet about being single inspired some other streamers to do the same, including Lilypichu. In any case, now that Pokimane has cleared the air in regards to her relationship status, hopefully it means she won't have to deal with the question being asked so often on her Twitch streams and elsewhere.

Pokimane's fans have sometimes been a little aggressive when it comes to the Twitch streamer and her relationship status. Last year, one Pokimane fan sent a boyfriend resume to the streamer as a Christmas present. Pokimane read the resume live on stream, ultimately rejecting it due to the fan's poor Fall Guys win record.

Symphonic - This seems a bit silly to be talking about but so many lady streamers deal with harassment by weird simps (not Symphs). Should we be calling them out for this or handle it the way Poki has in the past by laughing at them?

CodeMiko responds to criticism for inviting Alinity on her Twitch stream

No name strikes up drama quicker in the streaming sphere than Alinity and now Codemiko a popular Vtuber is under fire for inviting her onto her channel.

From dexerto

Popular virtual Twitch streamer CodeMiko is facing some criticism from fans after announcing that fellow streamer Natalia ‘Alinity’ Mogollon had been invited as a guest on her stream.

Soon after Code Miko debuted she had racked up over 200,000 followers, and that number shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon either.

But as the number of fans increases, so does the number of people who might disagree with CodeMiko’s content choices. On Sunday, March 7 it was announced that fellow streamer Alinity would be joining her for a broadcast, and some fans didn’t seem too thrilled.

Miko didn’t just let the haters pile on unopposed though, replying to the main tweet and most of the replies with a link to Alinity’s interview with Dr. K, where she talked extensively about the incident and the backlash that followed.

Surprisingly, a lot of the tweets blasting Alinity that Miko responded to actually got deleted after she replied, and when other fans argued it was time to leave the whole incident in the past

Stump - Is the tide turning for alinity on the PR front or will she just drag down those who dare have her on?

Tech/Gaming News

Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new test

Secondly from the Verge

Netflix has more than 200 million subscribers around the world, and now the company is looking at ways to curb password sharing for both business and security reasons.

A new feature, first spotted by GammaWire, prevents people who are not authorized to use the account from accessing it. A Netflix spokesperson told The Verge, “This test is designed to help ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorized to do so.” If Netflix detects that someone is trying to use the account without being an account owner, they’ll be asked to verify later or verify being an account owner through an email code or text code.

If someone is unable to verify account ownership within a certain timeframe, they won’t be able to stream any Netflix content. Instead, they’ll be asked to make their own account. While this may not prevent all password sharing — hypothetically, an account owner could send their friend the code as it comes through — the idea is that it will prevent some password sharing.

The test, which isn’t specific to any one country for any specific length of time, is also being rolled out to try to better security measures around account protection. If there’s a malicious attempt to use an account for which someone may have gained a password through fraudulent methods, they won’t be able to access the account.

Fox - How do you see this panning out for Netflix?

People Willing to Pay $10 Million for Jack Dorsey's First Tweet

Secondly, NFT’s are all the rage and it looks like Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will be cashing in.

From Gizmodo

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet is well-known on the platform. Published nearly 15 years ago, the tweet reads, “just setting up my twttr.” While there’s no doubt that it’s meaningful in popular culture, Dorsey apparently also seems to believe it’s got monetary value. And it appears he’s right.

Dorsey posted a link to the auction, hosted by a platform called Valuables, on Twitter on Friday without a comment or explanation. Some of you may be asking, how can he sell a tweet? Dorsey is selling a “non-fungible token” of his tweet, known as an NFT. Things that are non-fungible are one of a kind and can’t be exchanged for something of equal value. Tokens represent an asset on their blockchain, or the mechanism by which cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ether, are bought and sold.

Now, what exactly does the person who wins the auction for Dorsey’s tweet get? According to Valuables, you get a “digital certificate of the tweet, unique because it has been signed and verified by the creator.” Despite the sale, the tweet will continue to live on Twitter.

“This autographed digital certificate will only be issued once on Valuables. It is signed using cryptography, and includes metadata of the original tweet like: when the tweet was posted, what the text contents are of the tweet, the timestamp of the tweet, and the digital signature from the creator’s crypto wallet address,” Valuables stated.

While that may not sound like a grand purchase, or even one worth the millions people are putting up for it, buying NFTs is a thing right now. Grimes sold NFTs of her artwork, which included videos, for around $6 million earlier this month. In February, an NFT of the Nyan Cat GIF sold for roughly 300 Ether. The cryptocurrency had a value of roughly $587,000 at the time of the sale.

Dorsey later tweeted that the proceeds will be going to a worthy charity.

Symph - Do you have any good puns we can sell as NFT’s for a quick buck? Is this a passing trend or a new frontier for artists/creators?

Tesla is using customers to test AV tech on public roads: NTSB

Elon Musk and friends cant seem to catch a break when it comes to legal matters. Now the NTSB is chiming in on Teslas newest version of self driving tech.

From CNBC

The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for stronger federal requirements for the design and use of automated driving systems on public roads in the U.S., and it’s citing Tesla as an example of why.

In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last month, NTSB chief Robert Sumwalt named Tesla 16 times, and pointed to the company’s willingness to put a beta product on the road as one major reason to make rules clear and stringent at a federal level.

He wrote:

“Tesla recently released a beta version of its Level 2 Autopilot system, described as having full self-driving capability. By releasing the system, Tesla is testing on public roads a highly automated AV technology but with limited oversight or reporting requirements. Although Tesla includes a disclaimer that ‘currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous,’ NHTSA’s hands-off approach to oversight of AV testing poses a potential risk to motorists and other road users.”

“Level 2,” refers to vehicles that have some automated functions, but require drivers to remain attentive and keep their hands on the wheel. The highest level, level 5, would be a completely autonomous vehicle that never requires driver intervention.

While Sumwalt had criticism, he also lauded the NHTSA for engaging and collaborating with his agency, along with state and local governments to arrive at the right balance of rules and regulations around emerging vehicle technologies.

A federal crackdown could hamper Tesla’s ability to test its Full Self-Driving systems the way it does today — using customers and public roads as test pilots and proving grounds.

But clear rules from one central office could help the autonomous vehicle industry in the U.S. overall, says the CEO of Snow Bull Capital’s Taylor Ogan. Federal rules, even if stringent, could align states and local authorities and reduce the patchwork of separate regulations around autonomous vehicles in each region, he said.

Stump - Is Elon Musk a hero or a super villain? It seems like he's being investigated or harassed on multiple fronts while simultaneously being funded by the same government.

Entertainment News

Musicians call out Grammys as The Weeknd boycotts awards ceremony

The Grammy Awards, set to air Sunday on CBS, is widely known as "music's biggest night."

Some chart-topping artists, however, are calling out The Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammys, for what they say is a lack of transparency with voting and diversity among nominees.

One singer, The Weeknd, said he is boycotting the annual awards ceremony from now on after his latest album and chart-topping single, "Blinding Lights," were snubbed.

The Recording Academy chooses the nominations for the ceremony. But since 1995, the final nominations in the "Big Four" categories — album of the year, song of the year, record of the year and best new artist — have been decided by a select committee, according to Billboard.

The outlet wrote in a 2020 article that the committee was created so the final nominations in those categories were "more progressive" and "more musically adventurous."

In a statement to The New York Times on Thursday, The Weeknd said he would no "longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys." When he was asked why he was boycotting the Grammys, he told the newspaper that it was was "because of the secret committees."

The singer, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, declined to comment further when contacted by NBC News on Friday.

The Weeknd, 31, has been breaking records in recent weeks. Billboard announced that "Blinding Lights" made history as the first song to spend a year in the Hot 100's top 10 list. And The Weeknd has also spent the third-most weeks at No. 1 on the Artist 100 list since its launch in 2014, behind only Taylor Swift and Drake.

Last month, he performed on one of the biggest stages when he headlined the Super Bowl halftime show.

Despite the accolades, The Weeknd did not receive a single nomination for this year's Grammys.

Fox - Do you think we are seeing the end of these mysterious big groups who have told us what to like or will their strangle hold tighten?

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are getting a new retro beat-’em-up

Many that know me know that TMNT: Turtles in time was one of my favorite games growing up and it may be getting a sequel of sorts..

From polygon

Thirty years later, we’re finally getting a sequel (of sorts) to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. On Wednesday, publisher Dotemu and game developer Tribute Games revealed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, described as “a classically informed side scrolling beat-em-up directly inspired by classic TMNT games.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is a four-player co-op beat-’em-up in the classic Konami style — that is, the style of brawler that sucked quarters out of anyone who played 1989’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its 1991 sequel, Turtles in Time, in arcades. Presumably, Shredder’s Revenge will offer a gameplay experience tailored for home, not for draining TMNT fans of their allowance.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is being developed by Montreal-based Tribute Games. Two of the founders of that studio, Jonathan Lavigne and Justin Cyr, previously worked on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game and TMNT, the acclaimed 2007 brawler for Game Boy Advance, at Ubisoft. Tribute’s other work includes retro-inspired fare Panzer Paladin, Flinthook, Wizorb, and Mercenary Kings. (In other words, it’s a far more promising prospect compared to the Ninja Turtles games from PlatinumGames and from Red Fly Studio brought to us by Activision.)

Since its inception in 2007, publisher Dotemu has leaned heavily into classic game nostalgia with retro remakes and sequels such as Streets of Rage 4, Windjammers 2, and Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is bound for unspecified consoles and PC platforms. Dotemu and Tribute Games did not announce a release date.

Symph - There is a rise seemingly in the need/demand for these retro style games. Do you see any of this as a backlash against the big vast broken games we get constantly? ie cyberpunk

Doctor Who: New Details On Christopher Eccleston's Return Have Been Revealed

Lastly new details on Christopher Eccelstons return to Dr Who have emerged but we still don't know much.

From Cinema Blend

Doctor Who is rather notorious for finding ways to bring its past cast back into the franchise, though there's long been a glaring omission, in regard to getting one of its biggest actors back in the franchise. That was until recently when after a decade away, Christopher Eccleston revealed that he would indeed return to the franchise to reprise his role as The Doctor in an upcoming audio drama.

Now the details behind that audio drama, Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures - Ravagers, have been revealed by longtime Doctor Who audio collaborator Big Finish.

The episodes are written by Big Finish executive producer and Doctor Who's voice of the Daleks and Cybermen Nicholas Briggs. It's hard to pull a lot of detail from the brief synopsis on the adventures, especially given the only character we can be sure we know is The Doctor. It's all exciting all the same, though, as Big Finish is set to do something that, frankly, many fans didn't think could ever be done.

The story behind Christopher Eccleston's sudden exit in Doctor Who is well known at this point, and the actor has been vocal about not enjoying his experience on the show. It's a shame, of course, because Eccleston played a big part in the series' reboot and is partly responsible for the show's continued success to this day.

Despite that, the actor has steered clear of any and all opportunities to play the doctor again, even to the point of being one of the only living Doctors to reject an invitation to appear in the 50th-anniversary special.

And while Doctor Who audio dramas aren't quite the same as appearing in the series again, several actors who have done them have also appeared on television. Of course, it still seems like a stretch to assume Christopher Eccleston will do that but, considering it seemed like a long shot that he'd even do this much not that long ago, I'd say there's a non-zero chance of it happening.

Stump - Any chance this leads to Eccelston on the screens again?

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