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

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Post by seph-reed »

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?

I still play piano on omegle occasionally. Dudes will cancel the chat immediately.

One time I got a girl who was just talking about her shitty relationship with the chat on mute. I had to skip her myself.

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Post by mumphster »

BredWinner wrote: post #110

Very cool to drop by and say hello to them. What host did you use? It connects to streams so quickly!

just a normal cheap digital ocean vps running python + starlette and redis as a data backend, nothing fancy at all

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

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Post by raziel2p »

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!

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.

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Post by TeMPOraL »

trianglem wrote: post #107
toyg wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That's not the definition of 'normie' I'm familiar with. In fact, I'd expect normies to be the ones showing dongs.

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Post by electricviolet »

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.

This is why we can't have nice things :(

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Post by andai »

twodave wrote: post #53
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…

It definitely takes a long view approach. A couple important aspects of building a steaming following are structure and consistency. If you give people a clear idea of what to expect from your stream and when it will be live, and if you don't make too many drastic or sudden changes to either of those variables, then those who like your content enough to make time for it will do so. If you keep making changes, show up…

This! Become part of people's routine.

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Post by domador »

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.

Isn't showing up shirtless to a video chat with a stranger a huge violation of trust in itself? I'd be much more inclined to consider "shirtlessness" (to give this phenomenon a short name) to be a sign of aggression, rather than of innocence and of trust in others.

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Post by zahrc »

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…

Network; network, network. Get known outside your stream. Discord and twitter are very good platforms for that. There are several hashtags on twitter and multiple discord servers for content creators which are highly moderated. This blog and the OPs discord has helped me a lot: https://medium.com/@jomosenpai/a-growth-hackers-guide-to-gro... there is also the subreddit /r/twitch_startup... avoid /r/twitchstreams at all cost. No moderation there

Visibility. Dota and the likes have a large audience and are very easy to stream. Take a twist on it, or stream something else so you are easier to find.

Stream quality and viewer interaction. Talk to your chat and say their names as often as possible. In addition to that, have fancy overlays, a good cam and a good mic.

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