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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · Jan 10

Open to any backend software jobs.

I have work experience in PHP, personal experience in Java and C#, and a class or two in Python; I'm willing to learn anything. I have 5 years of team lead experience and a love of mentoring.

I guarantee I will improve any team that I'm on. Just need a shot.

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Taylor Joan Carlson @teejcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 1d

there's nothing to fix, they're just letting everyone know how it is

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 2d

Or use the channel point lurk hi to avoid having to talk :D

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 2d

Straight from the Twitch Partner Discord, posted on 10/10/25

If you lurk more than a couple of streams, you won't be counted as a viewer in any of them.

We’ve gotten a lot of questions about viewership and the impact of our viewbot mitigations. And, we’ve heard from some creators that they’ve observed unusual drops in their viewcounts. When we made updates to our viewbot detection tools earlier this year, our goal was to make sure that viewcounts represent actual viewership, and aren’t artificially inflated in any way. Having accurate viewcounts is important for streamers who are trying to build their audiences, and for the livestream industry more broadly.

We recognize that for a lot of our creators, Twitch is a livelihood, and we don’t take that lightly. Addressing viewbots is a balancing act — we want to identify artificial views without affecting real viewers, and that’s a constant tension. We continue to evolve our systems to get better at spotting and removing viewbots, while making sure we’re counting real views accurately. We really appreciate the feedback and questions, as they help us keep improving how we do this.

We’ve seen a lot of different theories about why some viewcounts may have shifted and want to address some of the most prominent directly.

There’s been a lot of conversation about how lurkers are counted. A lot of factors can impact viewership over time, including ad blockers, seasonality, and whether you recently hosted an event on your channel. After some investigation by our teams, we’ve identified one factor that may be impacting several streamers:
Some viewers use third party browser extensions to view streams.,
For example, with one plug in, you feed in your Twitch follower list, and when a streamer from that list goes live, the plug in opens a tab for that stream.
For years, we’ve counted a limited number of sessions per IP address towards viewcount. If you have a lot of streams (more than a normal viewer could reasonably watch) open in many different tabs, our systems may determine you are not actively watching, and you will not be counted in any of those streams as a viewer.

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 2d

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 2d

EVERYONE AT TWITCH MUST USE THE PRODUCT. Give everyone 1 year to make Affiliate. See how the product improves DRAMATICALLY.

I am so goddamn tired of going to Twitch Cons and talking to product managers and half have never streamed. HOW CAN YOU MANAGE THE PRODUCT IF YOU DON'T USE IT!!

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 5d

the helpful merchant; talkative when I want them to be but only in that one place so no guide that roams about yapping. cryptic hermits mean puzzles and no thank you.

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

This is the correct take and I'm glad that Scott took the time to post this. Hate speech has no place in Retro gaming.

Newly created romhacks are not 'gaming history', there is no argument to be made for preservation. If you're a chud that is hurt by this decision, seek therapy.

RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 6d

Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals

TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

This will just make your child more inclined to talk to you when they get older though

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

It's always finances; I would need $60k a year just for child support, alimony, and rent, never mind all the other bills, food, gas etc.

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

It is such a sore point for me when some yahoo starts yappin' about just play what you love. I get it and share your exasperation.

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

No... can't I've ever wanted to play Retro 🤷‍♂️

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

Over the last jobless year, I've thought about becoming an auto mechanic, just to work with my hands, many times.

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 6d

love mythbusters so much

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 7d

I don't talk to my mom that often and she gave birth to me.

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 7d

My ADHD brain when someone expects me to put in daily work

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 7d

Paul Finebaum is the worst analyst in history. That's how bad he is.

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HakethKOTB @hakethkotb.bsky.social · 9d

Okay so RetroAchievements:

Removed the Romhack
Removed the staff member pushing for it from Admin
Banned a bunch of the chuds trying to pile on
Removed some other stuff that shouldn't have been there
Reinstated and unblocked accounts that shouldn't have been

I think they're handling this right tbh

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 9d

I worked Strollin' Stu, and now I'm coming for you Nate Dog

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Geno Garon @genogaron.bsky.social · 9d

Hey chat? LET'S. F***ING GO! #EliteDangerous #Geno4EDPartner

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 9d

positive vibes only!

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 9d

Inacan Skywalker

Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 9d

Rosalind Chao is an really good actor, brilliant in most other parts, but my god her character was insufferable.