Hey, what's up, everyone? Welcome to this episode of the Colin and Samir Show. Today, we're talking about

YouTubers vying for Emmys. How did YouTube become television? Is that a good thing? And does it even

matter if a creator wins an Emmy? We just got back from South by Southwest. We'll recap a bit of that

experience. And we'll also touch on the sidemen charity match. If you make it to the deep end,

let us know.

So we just got back from Austin, and it feels like every conference is now a creator conference.

Everything. I was at Sundance, and it was full on a creator conference. Can last year,

all about creators, South by.

Maybe we're just hanging out on the creator side of these conferences,

but it really feels like it's creators and companies that have an interest in creators.

Yeah, I don't think we're just hanging out on the creator side.

I think creators represent a big part of just general digital economy. And I think that is just the way these conferences are moving. They're going to follow the dollars. And creators not only represent

like modern entertainment, they also represent commerce and startups and venture funding. And

like they represent a lot of things. There was a year that I

remember South by Southwest was like NFTs. It was all crypto. It was like everything was

NFTs. Everything was crypto. And we spoke that year. And I remember our room was probably 20% full

at max. This year, we do a panel at the Southby

convention. And they have like a YouTube floor. That's all creator focused. And I, we walk by this

room to go to the green room. And the line is out of this world.

And I go into the green room and I go, what room are we speaking in?

And the moderator goes 6A.

And I was like, I just saw the line for 6A.

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