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

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Post by formalsystem »

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.

Also great advice, Youtube is better for well edited content and I have been teaching myself Da Vinci Resolve and have gotten a lot better at it over the past few weeks. Once that takes off, it may be easier to cross pollinate my Twitch channel.

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

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Post by mumphster »

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.

Neat! I've had this idea in my head for a while but could never find a good way to get the data in a way I wanted it. Really neat app though, good work

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

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Post by 98codes »

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

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

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Post by formalsystem »

eterm wrote: post #56
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…

Most the big streamers got to where they are by view botting, the "fake it til you make it" approach. I'm not recommending that, it's something that Twitch are hotter about catching and banning these days, but it has meant that there has been an entrenched set of "big streamers" for some time now with less ability to break in. Really the only way is to be playing a game for a while that suddenly gets big so you can b…

I hear you, I'm sure some streamers got to where they are with sketchy policies but for the most part the streamers I follow are either Dota 2 pros that have spent years of their life getting good at the game and also stream very consistently (almost everyday) while still being entertaining for 3-5 hours at a time, they also have dedicated editors which will do shorter clips with the occasional meme on youtube if you weren't able to catch the stream live.

For programming related streams I follow Jonathan Blow because he has a unique viewpoint around programming and also because I trust him because he's shipped multiple succesful games.

Be succesful IRL seems to be one of the best ways to get a popular stream.

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

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Post by hassaanm »

xmprt wrote: post #96
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.

Which TwitchCon did you go to? I had the exact same idea but my team ended up going with something else. It's cool that you ended up actually hosting it after the hackathon ended. Do you know how many people are still using it?

I actually made the site during an internal Twitch hackathon about 2 years ago. The site shows the current number of viewers on the site.

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

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Post by trianglem »

toyg wrote: post #85
Nursie wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm kinda surprised there was a "before" in that situation. I presumed that was what was going tonhappen from the get-go. Perhaps I am too cynical.

Sadly, no. At the beginning it was mostly random people. Unfortunately, you need very little to ruin things - most normal people will not play even with a 10% chance of getting a dong, and the more “normies” leave, the higher that chance gets, in a vicious circle.

In these confusing times I sometimes tend to forget that being a normie is a good thing.

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

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Post by ben509 »

slashink wrote: post #68
Pfhreak wrote: post #10

As someone who has periodically streamed, consider dropping a few chat messages when you land. Twitch's metrics are slow to update and it is not always clear when someone is watching.

Hello! I work on the video platform @ twitch. We’ve been working a lot on that issue. Viewer count numbers should be significantly faster today and will get even more responsive soon!

I'd be interested in a short note on what made it slow / what makes it fast.

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

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Post by thatcat »

beshrkayali wrote: post #86
geddy wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember quite a while back, Chat Roulette song improv was a big thing. It was the guy in the hoodie - PianoChatImprov on Youtube. I just looked it up and, wow, that was 10 years ago. This was also before Chat Roulette became nothing but dongs.

the question is, would it be possible to implement something like that in a way where dong shows don't take over? What is it exactly that turned chat roulette into that?

Yea, discord can detect dicks. I'm guessing that the hotdog/no hotdog algorithm is advanced enough by now.
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