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Re: Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone

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Post by NoodleIncident »

formalsystem wrote: post #45

twitch is one of the platforms where I feel like I've struggled the most to get viewers. just playing my main game like Dota wasn't too productive since I'm not a pro or super hot so my value proposition there isn't too compelling. Instead I've been trying to focus more on streaming myself programming and learning new scientific or game programming libraries and have been enjoying it quite a bit. My viewer count is v…

I think "1 friend" puts you ahead of more streamers than you'd think, if they're actually watching. They can at least give you feedback about what is and isn't entertaining

Re: Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone

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Post by stale2002 »

zankly wrote: post #114
MilnerRoute wrote: post #48

Singer Ben Folds once did this during a huge concert. So random people looking for a video chat would suddenly see a man on a stage in front of a huge audience...singing a song about them. ("Hello Mr. Shirtless Man. How are you doin' today? Is it hot in there...?") https://www.pigdog.org/auto/viva_la_musica/link/3203.html

I feel that this is a violation of trust. A lot of users are there to talk to another person, they're not necessarily ready or willing to be shirtless in front of tens of thousands of people. If I was on a jury and there was a lawsuit, I would award damages.

The other stranger did not consent to being situation where the rando was shirtless, though.

Them being shirtless without telling the other person in advance, is harm that theyd be causing in the first place.

Re: Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone

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Post by birdyrooster »

zankly wrote: post #114
MilnerRoute wrote: post #48

Singer Ben Folds once did this during a huge concert. So random people looking for a video chat would suddenly see a man on a stage in front of a huge audience...singing a song about them. ("Hello Mr. Shirtless Man. How are you doin' today? Is it hot in there...?") https://www.pigdog.org/auto/viva_la_musica/link/3203.html

I feel that this is a violation of trust. A lot of users are there to talk to another person, they're not necessarily ready or willing to be shirtless in front of tens of thousands of people. If I was on a jury and there was a lawsuit, I would award damages.

So if you flash me on the subway and I take a photo of it to share... I am violating your trust?!

Re: Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone

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Post by pietrovismara »

chipperyman573 wrote: post #152
hassaanm wrote: post #80

I made a similar site as part of a hackathon at Twitch: https://twitchraids.com The idea is to raid random channels together with everyone on the site. Channels are randomly selected and rotate every 5 minutes, and the channel selection function gives preference to smaller streamers. Users vote on which channel to raid next.

This is interesting because you can incentivise people to go to other streams by offering them multipliers for every raid they join (or something). You'd have a network of people who are watching ads for the chance of having their ad watched!

Thanks, I hate it

Re: Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone

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Post by pietrovismara »

arkitaip wrote: post #141
raziel2p wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a viewer I'm not sure I'd like this happening but for smaller streamers, a notification/message telling you that a viewer has joined or left might be useful.

Please don't. I would avoid certain stream if I knew they were told that I've joined/left because I do that quite frequently without saying anything and don't want to come across as an asshole.

It's kinda the same reason why I don't watch stories on Facebook. I don't want people to automatically know I watched their stories.

Re: Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone

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Post by hi5eyes »

heed wrote: post #89
formalsystem wrote: post #45

twitch is one of the platforms where I feel like I've struggled the most to get viewers. just playing my main game like Dota wasn't too productive since I'm not a pro or super hot so my value proposition there isn't too compelling. Instead I've been trying to focus more on streaming myself programming and learning new scientific or game programming libraries and have been enjoying it quite a bit. My viewer count is v…

That’s because discovery on Twitch is almost non-existent. If you want to grow your Twitch channel start on YouTube, advertise your twitch channel there, and slowly try to convert people.

the only route of discovery for twitch is r/livestreamfails

unless twitch gives users incentive to go down the streamer list twitch as a growth platform is doomed. streaming is niche, gaming is even more niche. a platform thats solely for streaming gamers is isolated, thats why they've been trying to push just chatting and other endeavors outside of gaming but inevitably the majority of the userbase is made of gamers (in the slur sense) and make it difficult for non-gamers to become invested.

Youtube and Facebook streaming dont have these issues bc theyre built on platforms meant for everyone

Re: Show HN: Twitch Roulette – Find and chat with streamers who are streaming alone

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Post by bredren »

98codes wrote: post #104
MilnerRoute wrote: post #48

Singer Ben Folds once did this during a huge concert. So random people looking for a video chat would suddenly see a man on a stage in front of a huge audience...singing a song about them. ("Hello Mr. Shirtless Man. How are you doin' today? Is it hot in there...?") https://www.pigdog.org/auto/viva_la_musica/link/3203.html

The concert(s) in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhJyX08GecU

In this vein, Steve Kardynal did a chat roulette performance of Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball.”

The editing is very good: https://youtu.be/W6DmHGYy_xk

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