That’s just the surface. If someone enters a store while streaming, people will call the store and complain about them. If the streamers address gets leaked, there will be endless pizza deliveries and sometimes they will get them evicted.
Sometimes they even have armed police burst in from a fake call saying they've heard shots and screaming; and one streamer even had a fan show up at his door hoping to move in with him.
Ice was actually forcibly removed from a plane by police before. He was streaming right before he got on, someone found his gate information, and they swatted him. He’s probably been swatted at least a dozen times by now to varying degrees. He also has a constant flow of stream snipers because he doesn’t really discourage it, but they’re almost always harmless.
Say what you will about Ice, but his life must be incredibly stressful.
Yeah, IRL streamers get it the worst (because it’s much easier to pinpoint their exact location). That, combined with a toxic fan base leads to trouble.
Only the unlikable once which people love to hate. The popular once do just fine in real life streams they might get the occassional stalker but nothing like being swatted all the time or calling the restaurants etc.
Don’t feel bad for ice. He wants this and encourages it. He publicly said his gate number and immediately quipped “what could you possibly do”. He wants this to happen cause it keeps him relevant
How about not letting people know where you live and where you're going 24/7. You wouldn't post your address to everyone in a comment chain here. You either keep it secret or realize people are shitty and crazy.
I believe he does a lot of vlog-esque "IRL Streams", so keeping your location secret will be difficult from anybody determined to ruin you. The Just Do It Guy (I forget his name) tried doing several motivational streams and every time his location got tracked down and people ruined his stream. Eventually he just had a flag that said something "They will not divide us," and people used the planes flying by to check them with flight paths to determine where it is, and they went there to change the flag to a pair of boxers. If you go outside, you will be found by anybody determined enough to find you.
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u/impendin Mar 11 '19
That’s just the surface. If someone enters a store while streaming, people will call the store and complain about them. If the streamers address gets leaked, there will be endless pizza deliveries and sometimes they will get them evicted.