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Jasontheween’s Ex-GF ‘Sakura’ started 2025 making $2-3K/month while streaming on Twitch for 100+ hours 👀 Sakura’s been streaming for 5 years, but since dating Jason, she ended January 2026 with over 8K subs, making $25K+/month from Twitch subs alone 💰

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Kenny7 months ago

Used his ass like a bathroom stools to reach the top cabinet 😂😂

Junior Reyes7 months ago

I think viewer ship is gonna go down after this and she won’t get big collabs for a while

MargielaSaweetie7 months ago

I don’t feel bad for Jason. He literally the type of guy that girls use then leave. The world is cold and vicious he to busy tryna be a cute good guy. This is not gonna be the last girl that’ll use him. He needs to realize he ain’t 14 no more and start acting like a grown man.

JKiings 🇵🇭7 months ago

took the fame and left them dudes thats sister for you lmaooo

Slyde7 months ago

The method man strikes again and I don’t think anyone is surprised that this is the outcome.

BeyondTheMirror7 months ago

She found the cheat code and ran it perfectly.

k7 months ago

boosted egirl, the bag was always the goal and he was a simp.

Zach Attack Morris7 months ago

she farmed jason for his viewers to simp

yumpzs7 months ago

He is the method man tho

Meeche7 months ago

So lemme get this straight you stream 144 hrs in a month and make 3.7 bands before taxes... am I buggin or is that alot?! thats 14 10 hr streams and legit have the rest of the month off which is 16 days or 17

dancing goat 🐐 👑7 months ago

Just like her sister 5 viewers streaming valorant. Date Tyson and Jason and leech off them for $

Bobbi7 months ago

jason got his own mate to do camera work for her (upgraded her)..

maddie7 months ago

her content is absolute dogshit btw and she has no personality. i expect her viewership to tank bc no big creators are gonna bother to collab with her now without the incentive of thinking they can get closer to jtw by being nice to her

Woody7 months ago

That’s the biggest larpermaxxing I’ve seen

Sir Prince7 months ago

You just know Jason was a stepping stone for her.

AidoGG7 months ago

Don't date a streamer girlfriend or keep it private 😂 should be obvious by now

Ukulwa7 months ago

Never give a bitch the stimulus package

LikesALSTRK7 months ago

if you thought for a Second this Performative ass relationship was Lasting you're gullible

Ecchinutt7 months ago

guaranteed none of her fans can summarize a single month of her content in a paragraph

lion_fever_19067 months ago

Now show me a girl streamer/artist etc that did the same for her boyfriend ... exacly still red pill not real? lmfaoo

RubiX7 months ago

This is why her sister did what she did lol. Jealousy, they’ll be doing the rounds of all the make streamers soon like cinna did. They’re the new bobbi altoft lmao

Benjamin Jolivet7 months ago

Same girl getting mad when people says jason gift her cloud... had to happen. Glad it happen earlie. She could have stole more lowkey. Her leaving him back in Vancouver was his warning and he missed it

Calvin || THE VOID RUNNER7 months ago

All youre doing is building her up to leave you

konbaf7 months ago

she is so fucking dumb, why not keep the relationship get ur money up and then leave 😭🥀

Regret7 months ago

money changed her

eric7 months ago

I cant stand her snudge face I don't understand what he see in her.

MONSTERTELETUBBYTOY7 months ago

W Pump and Dump method. She really won chat

Yash7 months ago

Sakura Will face the Consequences Of her Cheating 😤 him . Why cheat when you have the most

Reclaim7 months ago

she did it simply for the publicity

Drunkenshaolin7 months ago

She's an Asian woman. Probably got a ton of parasocial viewers. Fits a niech, most twitch viewers are 89% male. Male dominated woman's gonna win all the time unless your super special at what U do.

Jerm💎7 months ago

Bitch streamed for 2 weeks nd made 4k nd said streaming is hard 🤣🤣 bitch wtf

ChaeZuhaJeans7 months ago

I'll be honest, I would pretend to like Jason for a good year too.

RealGodz1lla7 months ago

As you can tell her behavior carelessly, she used him… man I felt bad Jason not gonna lie.

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About a month ago, a clip of mine went viral⁽¹⁾ talking about the Current State of Twitch (3rd thumbnail in this tweet). It resonated w/ people outside my community, so lemme elaborate (as a 10yr+ Twitch Veteran). Current State of Twitch isn't great and haven't been for a while. I've been passionate about Twitch since inception (I joined in April 2011 in the JTV days, a few months before Twitch debuted in July 2011), and been trying to instill positive change but I'm only a cog in the machine compared to where influence can impact — likely via Amazon-appointed Executives to help "oversee things" at decade-old-acquisition-that-has-still-generated-zero-profit Twitch⁽²⁾. ------------------------------------------------ Twitch's Muddled Identity ------------------------------------------------ Describing Twitch 10 years ago was easy: "Youtube, except always live, for gamers". Now, it's more muddled & fluid, at best: "Always live broadcasters who aim to connect with their viewers and foster communities(?)" — that, in itself, isn't problematic; but how it's accomplished, what methods are most effective, and how certain directories accumulate higher viewership is, I think (I may elaborate further on that in a future tweet). The most common reactive bark I've heard following TwitchCon 2025 is "Ban Politics" or "Make it Gaming-Only Again!" — People forget, but Pokemon GO (June 2016) going worldwide-viral was the crack-in-the-dam that lead to IRL as a directory because of the impracticality of continuing Twitch's "games-only" era as the site was increasing in popularity, reach, and cultural significance. IRL was a band-aid solution for the core function of Directories⁽³⁾ (which was to let would-be-browsers make better-informed decisions on what to watch based on their interest). It's too broad and encompassing, which led to an unintended dopamine-producing⁽⁴⁾ psuedo-ChatRoulette where you "never know what you're gonna see" browsing there. Without a better tool to migrate users or aggregate topical content, this problem exacerbated continuously. Just Chatting was supposed to be the solution, as it came with 11-12 other directories⁽⁵⁾ to attemptedly split the IRL monolith, but failed to inspire Social Behavioral Change tremendously. Just Chatting is more popular than ever, discoverability — like in the broad, functional sense — is busted cuz every genre of content stuffed within it and fails to disincentivize streamers from opting-out of the most popular directory. So, how do you stand-out in the overcrowded field where a fuckton of the viewership goes for a Roulette Pull on something entertaining to watch? ... ------------------------------------------------ The Era of Clout-Farming Content (and the fact it works, ugh) ------------------------------------------------ Once IRL directory came in Sept 2016, so did the meta of skirting the ToS (Terms of Service) to maximize views or push the limits of what was tolerated on Twitch. Fundamentally, the social dynamic of receiving a suspension (everyone generally refers to them colloquially as "bans") earns notoriety and "free vacation/marketing", that when coinciding with a comeback event, open the possibility of a net-positive from the boost in viewership or metrics. This isn't as relevant now because the ToS Enforcement has gotten significant buffs to be more transparent and structural in the last half-decade. I can't speak on the nuance of this now, but "Full-Time IRL Streamers" and "Sweaty IRL Affiliates" were unbearable at TwitchCons until TC Policy cracked down on requiring consent by those they bumrush'd into (while live of course), so I assume they're probably equally as intrusive everywhere else ... then Kick came along in 2022 and dominated the headlines for mischief within this realm, for the most part; but that's a different topic altogether. The burden of an authentic collab can be too much friction, slow moving — and honestly, too much work for a streamer to do — compared to the efficacy of blowing up Streamer x Streamer Conflict via self-commentary-reacts for sensationalism and maximizing parasocial viewers' worst tendencies. Effectively, ragebaiting. I'm not advocating to abolish this as a policy. I'm pointing out how this is a very effective way to garner views within the social constructs — and it shouldn't be, nor always was. Something changed at some point. I don't wanna bore you with a timeline of the last decade of controversy on Twitch, so I'll fast-forward to when I definitively see evidence that Clout-Culture is failing upward: In March 2025, the unbanning of Adin Ross⁽⁶⁾ (on Twitch) I saw as a huge moral failure that reeks of desperation for his views/clout/relevance at the direct expense of the integrity of Twitch Culture. Not sure if that was a Clancy-specific decision or what, but it encompasses "neo-Twitch" or a disconnect if there ever was one. ------------------------------------------------ Twitch Culture is diluting at the expense of recouping revenue ------------------------------------------------ A decade ago, Twitch Plays Pokemon broke news across insular-livestreaming gossip and was celebrated as a pinnacle of internet fandom⁽⁷⁾ (Feb 2014). This event was a testament to the value of Twitch because it reinforced the undeniable power of CULTURE present in Twitch Chats. I don't think the event could've worked on a YouTube Livestream (remember YouTube Gaming, introduced in 2015?). There's a certain aura present in Twitch Chat that makes it feel captivating to interact and engage with compared to a YouTube Live Chat Box. One feels like a close relative of bot-spam'd yt comments and the other feels ... real. I think that value is the culture — what could keep Twitch afloat for a long time, even if YouTube were to hypothetically obsolete Twitch in every way for delivering live broadcasted video content. I've noticed that as the meta has shifted towards revenue-maxxx'ing with the proliferation of Spectacle Events, typically marathons, that are engineered to paywall as many things as possible, at the expense of the content. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but the culture has shifted. I also do think most of the marathon content isn't good; they're carried by being experiences with strong FOMO-factors to compel your participation by viewing. I do suspect there's a saturation point where the combination of the waning niches of livestreaming, 4th-wall-breaking, and manufactured spectacles can keep an audience seduced. Like, the content (in aspects) has less substance and I wonder what that means for the welfare of Twitch Culture and its content in another 5 years. Perhaps Twitch could foresee this and become proactive on the manner?... ------------------------------------------------ Twitch's Conduct & Repetitive Incompetence ------------------------------------------------ Twitch has prioritized generating revenue over addressing the needs of the already-active users for years. Emmett Shear (previous CEO; 2011-2023) probably was a huge reason for sluggish changes overall to the platform as from what I hear but I can't say for certain. Regardless, we got Dan Clancy as CEO and, while there has been lots of positive changes under his reign, it really does feel like "too little, too late" with the pressure looming from Amazon's 2015 acquisition; increased competition and marketshare decline; and declining revenues, active users & monthly streamers"⁽⁸⁾. Here's a brief timeline of features implemented that I feel helped build the culture. Before COVID, I believe the biggest obstacle was helping migrate streamers from being part-time to capable full-time content creators. So, at the time, revenue-generating products were revolutionary to help there, including me at that time: ✅ 2016 — Bits/Cheers & Prime Subs (!!!) ✅ 2017 — Gift Subs (to a specific user) ✅ 2018 — Gift Subs (to randos in Community); Super Subs & Ultra Subs ✅ 2018 — Twitch Mobile App v2 (original mobile app was a constantly broken mess) ✅ 2018 — Twitch Prime no longer adblocks (I will agree how they did it was stupid, but ultimately, it was a necessary; I can defend this in the replies if needed) Comparatively, here's the hostile changes that came at the expense of the Twitch Populous supporting said-change: ❌ 2017 — Communities⁽⁹⁾ (DOA cuz it wasn't streamlined enough and vulnerable to Popularity Bias; I can elaborate in replies if needed) ❌ 2018 — Tags for Channels (DOA cuz anyone can use any tag, diluting the effort of broad categorization or filtering in any capacity) ❌ 2022 — Twitch kills Hosting⁽¹⁰⁾ (also new "craptacular" Offline Page w/ Suggested Channels idea instead) ❌ 2024 — Twitch Mobile App v3⁽¹¹⁾ (Tiktok clone dogshit) ❌ 2024 — Stories (who asked for this?) ❌ 2025 — 100hr Video Storage Limit (going back against Collections & cementing Twitch isn't an evergreen platform; also SHORT NOTICE) ❌2025 — Live Rewind ... paywall'd to Twitch Turbo & Channel Subscribers only (this is free sitewide on yt's livestreams)⁽¹²⁾ ❌ 2025 — Ability to gift 1000 subs at once (already shelved from backlash) Post-COVID, I see a pattern of prioritizing revenue-generating products at the expense of what creators need or ask for. I understand Twitch needs to appease Amazon eventually with profit, but with a half-decade passed, all the buffs I can recall are 2K Resolution Streaming, Portrait & Dual-Canvas Streaming, and Stream Together / Shared Chat. *Both of these sortta don't count cuz they're invite-only betas that aren't site-wide and don't apply to non-Partners 🤷‍♂️ While more features arrive that ask for more of your money to partake in the Twitch Experience, I feel like the users (both Streamers & Viewers) continue to be neglected. 10 years ago, I thought YouTube Gaming was DOA; now I anticipate when more people bail on Twitch because the functionality will decay without a compelling reason to stay if the culture dminishes. I'll conclude with the 4th thumbnail included in this tweet — a supercut of a portion from the TwitchCon 2025 Keynote from Dan Clancy, with the youtube dislikes superimposed-over for your enjoyment. Let me know what you think of what I shared today! 🎉🥳 I'm considering also breaking down the specific causes (not symptoms) of why Twitch is where it is, and my 999 IQ Pragmatic Solutions that are tenfold better than what I've seen suggested after this morale fallout following TwitchCon 2025 👀

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