[quote=truktruk][quote=zigzter][quote=CondescendingCandlestick][quote=serfs]Sooo, what happened to the stream?[/quote]
I think he realized youtube=money so he's focusing on that.[/quote]
How many views do you need to get anything?

I enabled Adsense on one of my videos, and I've made exactly $0.00 with a little over 1k views.[/quote]
I'm not exactly sure how YouTube works but you always hear bigger YouTube names asking for likes and favorites, so maybe you get money that way + ads? Not sure.[/quote]

I believe likes and favorites are used to spread the word of youtube videos. They can get you on the front page of categories, also when a youtube channel likes or favorites a video anyone subscribed to their channel can see that they did so and often times if they enjoy this channel they will also check out the video.

tl;dr
Likes+favorites= More views.

http://socialblade.com/

http://socialblade.com/youtube/help

you can use these sites to check estimated income / how income is generated and estimated.

[quote=xb]why are people so into streams? maybe someone can enlighten me because i personally dont enjoy sitting watching someone else play a videogame
if im into that game that much ill just play it rather than watch it
idk can anyone answer why they are into it themselves?[/quote]

Some people like to chat with other while they enjoy a game. Some people like watching the best players in the world. Some like watching playthroughs of single player games. Some like to have a good laugh.

There's others but y'know take your pick.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOsdnPHxxd0[/youtube]