When did "to stream" change it's meaning to include watching a video online (i.e. a person _receiving_ a stream is also "streaming" now)?
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Replying to @oe1cxw
Wasn’t that the original meaning before twitch etc?
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Replying to @anders_breakin
Interesting. I don't remember it this way. In my perception until recently Netflix was streaming movies to people, not people streaming movies from Netflix. Maybe it's the German use of the word that changed? I'm really confused about this now..
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Replying to @oe1cxw
Not sure! I’m swedish so I might also be victim from translation. Or I don’t remember it correctly.
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Replying to @oe1cxw
I’ve never heard someone who recieves a stream be called a streamer though!
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Same. So if in the future someone watching a stream is called a streamer then we can look back at these tweets and know for sure that language has indeed changed in this aspect. :D
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