As a $RUM shareholder. And someone so thrown into the platform.
I have tended to approve of the big signings of streamers that aren't stereotypically Rumble material, because Rumble needs to be an affirmative desired destination, rather than just the place to go when nobody else will have you.
And I still think that.
The problem, as I didn't foresee, and as it turned out with the previous such deals, such as Kai and Speed, and Jidion, is that they were just looking to hustle a bag of money out of someone, and had no intention of being there for the long haul.
Dr Disrespect, OTOH, I think just might be a different animal. Too, Chris Pavlovski has also made it a major objective for Rumble to be Twitch without the censorship, hence his Elon-style pursuit of reducing Rumble's latency.
I had forgotten about you (Lost you in the Youtube bans). I am glad you showed up on Hodge Twins, reminded me you were out there. TS, you are hilarious.
Hey Tommy, glad to see your content again. I used to watch you on youtube a few years back. Keep up the great work. P.S. can't believe you were connected to Bro Sanchez, small world.
Bongino's stream on election night (Rumble) peaked at 515k concurrent. I remember Andrew Tate's first stream after being released peaked at 433k as far as I could see (before I had to dip). What it means is that it's possible to draw big numbers and not need "You" Tube.
https://corp.rumble.com/blog/rumble-sets-records-across-the-board-on-a-historic-election-night/