Is this the new Kim Kardashian? Amanda Oleander's every move is watched by millions of fans on Twitter's new video platform in the ultimate LIVE reality show

  • Strangers watch Amanda Oleander, 25, from LA, all day long
  • She's the star of Periscope, Twitter's new live broadcasting mobile app
  • It streams live video and users can chat and message in real time
  • She's already more popular than celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres 

An unknown illustrator who films her every move and interacts with strangers for hours at a time has become one of the internet's biggest celebrities - and she's only been online for 29 days.

Amanda Oleander, 25, is one of the stars of Periscope, Twitter's new live broadcasting platform and has been 'loved' over 7.5 million times in less than a month since it launched.

Branded the Kim Kardashian of the social platform, when the brunette starts a live stream, thousands of Periscope users around the globe stop what they're doing to watch. 

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Amanda Orleander, broadcasting live from her bedroom, is the emerging star of Periscope

Amanda Orleander, broadcasting live from her bedroom, is the emerging star of Periscope

In a recent broadcast, Amanda addressed her audience via her iPhone from her LA bedroom: 'Do you know the power that we have? Do you guys understand what is happening.

'This is crazy!' Amanda continued during her bedroom broadcast, and before she has even taken a breath, hundreds of hearts flutter on to her screen - more tokens of 'love' from the thousands of people watching. 

Last month, the art graduate was going about her anonymous life as an illustrator for entertainment site E! Online but her Periscope broadcasts, which show her going about her daily business in LA, have catapulted her into the limelight.

And so far she has had little competition from 'real' celebrities. Ellen DeGeneres is the highest ranking star but is trailing behind Amanda with a mere three million 'loves'.

'This is like a reality show, but it’s not scripted,' Amanda tells her thousands of viewers continuing her bedroom broadcast.

'Before this happened I always thought I'd love to share my life with more people because I’m always up to really spontaneous things.'

Amanda shares every waking moment with her legion of fans on the live streaming Twitter platform
Amanda mulls over the day during a live broadcast, whilst she chats to the viewers messaging her (which appear on left of screen). So far she has been 'loved' 7.5million times, shown by hearts on the right

Amanda mulls over the day during a live broadcast, whilst she chats to the viewers messaging her (which appear on left of screen). So far she has been 'loved' 7.5million times, shown by hearts on the right

The new app not only allows users to stream live video to anyone on Earth who wants to watch, but allows viewers to chat to the broadcaster in real time by typing messages that pop up on screen.

So Amanda's monologue is peppered with shout-outs and answers to questions from her viewers.

'Hey Charles,' she says acknowledging a new follower. 'I was going to sleep when I thought about this last broadcast. Arlene you’re funny!' she continues in reference to a message, then 'You’re so beautiful' pops up from @Arlene.

 I always thought I'd love to share my life with more people because I’m always up to really spontaneous thing

'I don’t know how many of you saw me tonight,' she says. 'We randomly talked to my neighbour, then I went to see my friend Yonatan. Then I met with a Periscope follower for the first time.'

A little yellow square with the message 'Show us your boobs' flashes up on screen.

'Why would you do that?' she adds. 'Now you're blocked forever.' 

A live webcam platform, may seem to have porn written all over but users won't be flashing anything X-rated during broadcasts - nudity is banned.

Although bought by Twitter in January for close to $100million (£67million), Periscope is a tech mash-up of selfies, social networking and reality TV, only launched last month,

Twitching curtains to peek at the neighbours may still be a 'no' but watching Amanda randomly go about her day? That's 'way cool', to quote the star herself. 

And like all the best social networking platforms, the content need not be thrilling to grab considerable global attention.

In the last 24 hours, Amanda has broadcast some mundane errands, some sitting in traffic in her Prius (phone in recording mode balanced on her dash board, of course) and a random chat with her neighbour
In the last 24 hours, Amanda has broadcast some mundane errands, some sitting in traffic in her Prius (phone in recording mode balanced on her dash board, of course) and a random chat with her neighbour

In the last 24 hours, Amanda has broadcast some mundane errands, some sitting in traffic in her Prius (phone in recording mode balanced on her dash board, of course) and a random chat with her neighbour

WHAT IS PERISCOPE? 

Periscope allows people to live-stream video from their phones to their Twitter followers with the click of a button.

The Periscope team outlined a range of possibilities for the service, including how it can turn any smartphone user into a global reporter.

In the last 24 hours, Amanda has broadcast herself going on mundane errands, sitting in traffic in her Prius (phone in recording mode balanced on her dash board, of course) and a random chat with her neighbour.

Five hours before her bedtime round-up, Amanda was broadcasting live from an LA bar, watching her friend Yonatan perform the bass guitar. 

'I'm drinking water. I don't like to drink alcohol,' Amanda tells viewers in answer to their questions, before introducing some followers she's come across at the bar.

'Hey we're double Persicoping,' she says capturing her new friends waving their phones in the air capturing her capturing them. But it's all too much - even for Amanda.

'We’re going to get off the phone soon so we can enjoy each others' real company,' she says. 

What will today hold for Amanda when she wakes up in a few hours time? Judging by today, perhaps a trip to the post office, a bit of sitting in traffic and a lot of mulling over the wonders of her new found mutual love for Periscope.

Sound thrilling? Don't be shy to admit it. Millions agree.

Amanda broadcasting live from an LA bar. 'I'm drinking water. I don't like to drink alcohol,' she tells viewers in answer to questions about what she's drinking
Amanda broadcasting live from an LA bar. 'I'm drinking water. I don't like to drink alcohol,' she tells viewers in answer to questions about what she's drinking

Amanda broadcasting live from an LA bar. 'I'm drinking water. I don't like to drink alcohol,' she tells viewers in answer to questions about what she's drinking

 REVOLUTIONARY... BUT PERISCOPE HAS IT'S DANGERS

Despite the initial hype surrounding the launch of Periscope, Twitter's iPhone app, which is being touted as a revolutionary new way to share news, there are already a concerning number of users, particularly women, reporting that they have been sexually harassed, or trolled.  

Justin Esgar , App Developer of the app Goodnight, told FEMAIL that because Periscope 'allows users to share even more of their intimate lives with each other than ever before', there are 'apparent dangers' that users have to consider before accessing it.

Special features: The app, which is owned by Twitter, allows users to follow certain people (pictured) and scroll through a 'Watch' feed of live videos
Special features: The app, which is owned by Twitter, allows users to follow certain people (L) and scroll through a 'Watch' feed of live videos (pictured)

Special features: The app, which is owned by Twitter, allows users to follow certain people (L) and scroll through a 'Watch' feed of live videos (R) 

Emma Barker, sex and relationships editor at Cosmopolitan.com, noted that the app is already crawling with men who are using the anonymity afforded to them by the app's settings in order to sexually harass women - including one of her female friends.

She explained that her friend recently tried out the app by sharing a conversation she was having with her female roommate. They were fully clothed, sitting on a couch and casually conversing, yet 'within the first 20 seconds the first comment popped up’, asking for the women to ‘show butt’.

While neither of them were speaking in an even remotely sexual manor, the lewd comments continued to pour in and included phrases such as: 'Show boobs', 'Age?' and 'I would soooo swipe right on both [sic]!' 

Streaming revolution: Periscope, an iPhone app that allows users to broadcast live video and audio to the Internet, launched last Thursday
Streaming revolution: Periscope, an iPhone app that allows users to broadcast live video and audio to the Internet, launched last Thursday

Streaming revolution: Periscope, an iPhone app that allows users to broadcast live video and audio to the internet, launched last Thursday 

One particularly creepy user asked: 'Do you get out of the shower to pee?'

According to Periscope's community guidelines, the app prohibits 'pornographic or overtly sexual content' as well as 'explicitly graphic content or media that is intended to incite violent, illegal or dangerous activities'.

And while a spokesperson for the app told Emma that Periscope has a team dedicated to content review, there doesn't appear to be anything specific being done to prevent sexual commentary and online harassment.

The app's policies are, unsurprisingly, similar to Twitter, which is currently testing out a 'quality filter' that monitors and removes threats and offensive language out of users notifications feeds.

It's not clear as to whether or not Periscope will be given a similar screening system. 

 

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