When lifecasters such as Justin himself and even Justine started showing their lives 24/7, it was a real LIFEcast. They would have hundreds of people in their channel chatting when said broadcaster wasn't even paying attention to the chatroom. Today you still have broadcasters such as Dealer that still keeps it strong and does his thing away from talking to his viewers all the time while still maintaining a following.
But every channel now has someone looking at the camera and talking to the viewers non stop. Will it ever get back to people doing a real lifecast? Do people even care? It doesn't seem like it. I've even had people tell me that if someone was out mobile and doing something fun and entertaing that they would probably only watch for a few minutes if no one was chatting in the room already. Then the average question that I see when not paying attention to the chat room is usually something like "Hello? You there? why aren't you talking to me?". Or better yet someone just says "bye" when you go on with your life and not the chatroom.
Unless people are being verbally entertained it seems like no one cares. Can it get back to where the chat is just as entertaining without the broadcaster talking. Mooncricket is the master of keeping his life real while broadcasting it online. If he gets a chance he will talk to whoever is there. The following message was left in my channel yesterday morning while I was lifecasting on my way to work and then physically working setting up lights for a stage play.
Maybe this is just a rant that only a few will care about but I miss the days of seeing something real on here.And as always....you don't have to be mobile to be entertaining and real.
-Patrick
2 comments:
Everything you said was completely true. I miss the "real" days of jtv also! I've been following this whole experience for almost a year and that to me is crazy. But it was people like Justin, Justine and Beto(Mooncricket) that kept me coming back, day after day. It's kinda cool to watch the Jtv boys go from their lil apt to what it is today. :o)
I think to a certain degree you are wrong.
Yes JTV started out as a platform for lifecasters, but would the viewers keep returning week after week, month after month, just to watch another person anonymously going about their daily life? I am sure the novelty would eventually wear off.
Lifecasting is great, but the viewers need some interaction with the person on the screen.... not all the time, but enough for the viewers to feel that they are not just spectating on somebodies life, but instead participating in some small way.
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