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title: 'The Downfall of Streamers and VTubers'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=0eCdXrm8baU'
video_id: '0eCdXrm8baU'
date: 2026-07-31
duration_sec: 1053
---

# The Downfall of Streamers and VTubers

> Source: [The Downfall of Streamers and VTubers](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0eCdXrm8baU)

## Summary

This is a casual live stream where the host tests YouTube Shorts livestreaming, chats with viewers about collaboration best practices, and reviews a new VTuber/streamer agency called Socks Agency, offering thoughts on its credibility and policies.

### Key Points

- **Stream setup frustrations** [00:34] — The host tries testing a live stream on YouTube Shorts, expresses frustration with the program and has trouble managing streams, noting the website itself is fine.
- **Offline collab participants** [06:12] — For large collaborations, many participants can be offline; not everyone has to be streaming. Advises against over-talking to hog attention.
- **Practice is valuable** [08:37] — Encourages a viewer's practice session for Valentine's, emphasizing that practice and learning are good things.
- **New agencies are copy-paste** [11:05] — The host critiques new agencies for having little to offer and being copy-paste versions of each other, with very small FAQs and nothing distinctive.
- **Talent following size** [12:51] — Socks Agency's talent has a fairly large following, and one talent is already partnered, which is impressive.
- **Clipping policy questions** [13:29] — The agency allows clipping but warns against misleading titles or out-of-context clips; they reserve the right to take things down, raising questions about DMCA enforcement if talent does something bad.
- **Agency longevity skepticism** [14:43] — Many small agencies pop up and disappear; the host hopes this one lasts but is taking a wait-and-see approach.
- **Three-month streamer wall** [16:05] — Reminds a viewer that most streamers don't get past three months, and being at 18 months is a fantastic achievement to be proud of.

### Conclusion

The stream is largely informal; the main takeaway is skepticism toward new agencies and encouragement for streamers to keep practicing and be proud of their longevity.

## Transcript

I think this is working already okay well screw it see what already okay well screw it see what happens I
notification hey plus boy how you doing okay so that chat is interesting how you guys doing hey Sarah
interesting how you guys doing hey Sarah how what's what's going on what's going to talk about like today's topic I'm tired just finished a online course
I'm tired just finished a online course that I had to get done for doing every at everyone
let's this okay and we'll get the link for the stream I wish getting sharable links was easier
Jay yeah that's exactly what's going on there's too many stre ah I hate this there's too many stre ah I hate this program I'm trying the new um
trash like the the website itself is fine
how do I cancel this stream end stream
okay what's new with everybody though how's everybody doing today hopefully we could have a nice well-rounded
Valentine's oh yeah working on a collapse setup
friends out there me and anybody else that's there me and anybody else that's single want between five and seven holy crap that's a big collab that's not a tiny collab what
whatever you know what I realize
now no no don't like this piece of junk 10 out of 10 would not recommend this h
many people oh but okay so instead of having like a big collab of people though half of those could be offline easily not everybody has to be streaming
like a lot of collabs or a lot of collabs I've see even like at the big streamer level is um and this is actually like a really big thing in the wow Community right now is everybody's trying to um be like what's the word I'm
trying to um be like what's the word I'm trying to think of here um the main character right they all want the attention so they over talk or whatever so don't be afraid to just get people doing it offline
another YouTuber and reworking my channel layout oh nice Jay nice hey so what what kind of what kind of collab are you trying to do there
that it five to seven people in Discord chat one time oh God I don't know maybe because it's just how I've had to deal with it in the past or something I don't with it in the past or something I don't know I get the heebie jeebies over
fine people talking is a good thing don't don't worry about that no such thing is talking too much it's going okay that's good that's really good okay I think I'm going to
kill the shorts stream I don't know no we'll just keep it running you excited for uh Valentine's John
like practice learning session that's good that's really good practice practice practice is is a good thing oh
stream is going to be because I might go visit a friend because I might go visit a friend and say hi I'm not too
up but yeah if you guys got any questions whatever um today's just basically a chill stream so let's just have a chat talk
bit turn it down so it gets a little bit colder in whatever you guys want to talk about drama whatever let's let's have a
conversation today's stream will be very much agency and what do you think of it I've never heard of the socks
agency agency agency um socks agency. Co
is pull it up together let's all talk about it I've had for extremely long
[Music] um wondering allor right I'm also testing like the live stream portion of things on shorts if it switches over
things on shorts if it switches over that's yeah uh yeah yeah this thing's
Garbo somebody's watching on the short side can you let me know if it's coming in correctly because it doesn't look correct on the preview I don't know if it's YouTube or I don't know
um so the problem is with with agencies especially new is with with agencies especially new ones they don't have a lot to offer ones they don't have a lot to offer people um and a lot of agencies are kind
of like copy and paste of each other they don't really they don't really make agencies they don't don't do anything to be honest
[Music] uh okay so what's their Twitter uh okay so what's their Twitter like 29.2k Talent application I don't know see
is the the fact that whoops I didn't mean to do that um is is the fact that they don't have a lot to offer people their FAQ is kind of really small
people their FAQ is kind of really small and I mean like extremely
terms they have in the background to their talents and so on so forth but this is this is quite literally a similar to what we've seen 100 times in the
past um Talent has a pretty decent Siz um Talent has a pretty decent Siz following which is good which is great
fairly large so I'm curious large so I'm curious on yeah their Talon's quite large
thing is too 7.6 and she's already partnered good for her that's really partnered good for her that's really good like really
that's good their talent is doing really good good um but yeah I am I am genuinely curious um but yeah I am I am genuinely curious on what the what the agency's providing
on what the what the agency's providing the talent um it's good that they're allowing people to clip things do not take things out of context that will paint sock's agency as a talent of being bad light
that's always up to interpretation from person to person um don't mislead with your title so like problem is you're saying yes you can clip but like you got specific way um
you allowed to monetize it's still good we still reserve the right to take things down yeah so if if if their talent's clipped in a negative light I'm kind of curious on what happens to that
um will they try to shut it down right away if their talent did something bad online are they going to like do a dmca stuff like that so those are the things I'm kind of curious about it it's honestly a wait until tell but the pro I
don't know I don't know we we've seen hundreds and hundreds of of small agencies pop up and disappear um it would be nice to see an an agency
long time it'd be really nice it'd be super time it'd be really nice it'd be super nice but yeah there isn't much to go on nice but yeah there isn't much to go on really um at this time at
least uh truthfully like the size of the the talents that we saw when we took a look are quite large so a lot of you guys probably more than likely wouldn't be eligible to join an agency of that size
size um so like you I I'd say audition still get the practice of auditioning in but realistically you know trying to become going to be one of those things that's going to happen that's just realism
going to happen that's just realism there characters customization options but it's good for what it is that's
quick h y PT pixel 18 months of streaming that is a big
got to you got to remember a lot of people don't get past you know the what is it 90% or 80% I can't remember what the numbers were like don't get past 3 months of streaming so the fact you're still around 18 months later
still plugging away be proud that's fantastic really really really really really good like really good but be super proud of yourself good
[Music] phone see if
junk so I can't even watch my own live streams on the
app no the shorts one's [ __ ] okay killing the shorts one it's website or this add-on ever again and stream
and stream and yeah