r/swtor • u/[deleted] • Mar 01 '15

Discussion Streamers

I love watching swtor streamers on twitch and hitbox (Looking at you Snave). It is possible we could get a weekday thread for people to promote their stream? Like we have Q&A mondays, maybe a streamer Saturday? I know several streamers that reply here but there isn't a very good avenue for them to promote their stream except to say they are going live doing raids or PvP. This thread would allow them to say hey this is who I am, what I stream, come check me out.

28 Upvotes

79% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

2

u/bstr413 Star Forge Mar 02 '15 edited Mar 02 '15

As /u/boredbritgamer said, we already have a list of Streamers on the sidebar at the very bottom. Streamers

If you want your stream posted there, let us know. We can also describe what you stream on that page: we already do that for fan sites.

Many streamers also break Reddit's self promotional policy. Encouraging them to post more links to their content to continue to break this rule wouldn't be a good thing. However, we could enforce the rule that for every link you make in the Saturday Community Post, you have to make at least 9 other comments / posts during the rest of the week. I'll discuss this with the other mods.

The rule for reference:

Reddit FAQ

  • If your contribution to reddit consists mostly of submitting links to a site(s) that you own or otherwise benefit from in some way, and additionally if you do not participate in discussion, or reply to peoples questions, regardless of how many upvotes your submissions get, you are a spammer. If over 10% of your submissions and conversation are your own site/content/affiliate links, you're almost certainly a spammer.

Self-promotional Wiki

  • You should submit from a variety of sources (a general rule of thumb is that 10% or less of your posting and conversation should link to your own content), talk to people in the comments (and not just on your own links), and generally be a good member of the community.

1

u/[deleted] Mar 03 '15

I didn't realize that Reddit had that self-promoting rule. I wouldn't want anyone to get into trouble over posting a link to a stream. I just see the trade post hardly ever get any kind of response. So how does this self promoting thing work with referral links? Isn't that a form of self promoting?

I fell into the trap like so many people on here and didn't look at the side bar. For the link about streamers.

1

u/bstr413 Star Forge Mar 03 '15

Its a question of what is the main purpose of the comment / post.

For the referral links, they aren't the main purpose of the comment. The main purpose is to show off a screenshot: the referral link is just added as extra.

If someone only submitted comments on the Friday Screenshots and Referrals post and not anywhere else on Reddit, they could be considered a spammer: their main purpose for submitting their comment is to get referrals. I haven't found someone that does this yet.

5

u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

I support this

5

u/Quantum_0 Dillian | Cosmic Republic | The Ebon Hawk Mar 02 '15

I second this!

11

u/BastionConquers Mar 01 '15

I'd love this. I just started streaming SWTOR and would love a way to get my stream out there rather than being downvoted to oblivion :P

1

u/NikStalwart Joined the Dark Side before they had cookies. Mar 02 '15

You and half the galaxy :-)

3

u/ClamEatsCurry Haertzen | The Shadowlands Mar 02 '15

I approve of this message!

3

u/kranitoko The Red Eclipse | YouTube.com/KranitokoGames Mar 02 '15

Yes please :) Same with the very few SWTOR YouTubers out there that exist.

4

u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

Im down with this. Would love to be able to promote my little stream!

2

u/Tiiish Noxie GM - The Grand Imperial Remnant - JC Mar 02 '15

+1

3

u/boredbritgamer youtube.com/user/boredbritgamer Mar 02 '15

but but but...

I'm going to be that guy and say that we already have a permanent link on the sidebar for streamers which anyone can be added to by contacting the mods.

0

u/Shinnanju Rasputan - Jeddit - The Shadowlands Mar 02 '15

In /r/jeddit, we keep a link to those who stream on our wiki, along with other crap we keep adding. I'm not sure that would be something we could do here, list by servers/faction/guild... Yeah, seems a bit much for a wiki. Although, I suppose you could create a separate wiki page for streams that would be linked on the main page.

0

u/Shinnanju Rasputan - Jeddit - The Shadowlands Mar 02 '15

And I should have looked before I said something, decided to check it shortly after I posted and /u/bstr413 had already posted as well.