Some people, like those kids who are making millions of dollars through playing Fortnite online, are getting this whole streaming thing right.

Then there’s what’s going on in China and their streaming culture, which is also incredibly popular and brings in big money for some.

For others, the pursuit of attention, love, and material wealth online has a darker side.

Over to the Daily Beast:

…what started as a mere social media fad has quickly morphed into a lucrative microeconomy featuring massive exchanges of capital and ostentatious displays of wealth, the film reveals.

Making a lucrative career from livestreaming is, unsurprisingly, more difficult than it looks…As People’s Republic so deftly explains, the livestreaming trend in China straddles the line between democratic art form and capitalism at its most voracious; hosts or hostesses can experience a surge of social mobility that wouldn’t be ordinarily possible. A diaosi fan of Big Li admits that “in real life, things may be beyond your reach. But online, they are all possible.”

I think we can leave it there and get stuck into the trailer:

Sheesh, things got pretty dark there at the end.

Rumour has it you can download the full doccie online.

[source:dailybeast]