Twitch CEO Emmett Shear Is Resigning (theverge.com) 11
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is resigning, effective immediately, he announced in a blog post on Thursday. The Verge reports: Shear has been at Twitch since before it was Twitch. He was a co-founder of Justin.tv, the platform where Justin Kan streamed his life 24/7. That became Twitch in 2011 to focus on popular gaming livestreams, and just three years later, the platform was acquired by Amazon for nearly a billion dollars.
"With my first child just born, I've been reflecting on my future with Twitch," Shear wrote. "Twitch often feels to me like a child I've been raising as well. And while I will always want to be there if Twitch needs me, at 16 years old it feels to me Twitch is ready to move out of the house and venture alone."
Shear will be replaced by Dan Clancy, who has been at Twitch for more than three years and was serving as the company's president. Clancy was originally hired in 2019 as the company's executive VP of creator and community experience, according to Variety. Shear will continue at the company in an advisory role. "I've never had more confidence in Twitch's leadership, in all our people, and in our product, than I do today," he wrote. "For many years I truly felt Twitch might die without my guidance and input, but I no longer feel that is true."
"With my first child just born, I've been reflecting on my future with Twitch," Shear wrote. "Twitch often feels to me like a child I've been raising as well. And while I will always want to be there if Twitch needs me, at 16 years old it feels to me Twitch is ready to move out of the house and venture alone."
Shear will be replaced by Dan Clancy, who has been at Twitch for more than three years and was serving as the company's president. Clancy was originally hired in 2019 as the company's executive VP of creator and community experience, according to Variety. Shear will continue at the company in an advisory role. "I've never had more confidence in Twitch's leadership, in all our people, and in our product, than I do today," he wrote. "For many years I truly felt Twitch might die without my guidance and input, but I no longer feel that is true."
Relevant, but (Score:2)
How many Slashdotters watch live streams on Twitch?
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How many Slashdotters watch live streams on Twitch?
I've never had a desire to watch someone play a video game live. I've certainly watched short walkthrough/hint videos on YouTube though when I've gotten stuck in a game, though. But yeah, just sitting back and watching someone stream their game playing... super boring.
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Informative, I wonder how much streaming your game live might affect your chances to win when playing a networked game with regards to latency etc. where just a few milliseconds might give you the edge.
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For a game I have been playing, there is a twitch streamer who actually is a "content creator" and not just someone with a camera on him for hours.
I tune in whenever he attempts to solo missions that were designed for 3 people on the hardest difficulties.
Anyway, the production value is off the charts. Great on-screen effects and family guy-style live cutaways (or more like the different stages on Saturday Night Live, idk) whenever he fails to accomplish it. Greenscreens p
Putting up or shutting up (Score:3)
How many dads are there on this site that juggled work and family?
He's free to leave so that he can take care of his kid, but man, having kids makes work all the more a reality for us average people.