Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is resigning

Post by skilled » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:31 PM UTC

ipaddr wrote: post #96

skilled wrote: post #83

I've been a Twitch user since its first year. I have a select few streamers I watch, and I spend more time on the platform when there are new releases for games I personally like. But, I have been very in-tune with Twitch culture and I know how disorganized it is when it comes to "big" streamers. However, my issue (and also disappointment) with Twitch right now is: - Softcore porn allowed on the platform. Literally,…

5 ads every 1/2 hour? Stay away from tv you see 5 ads every 10 minutes.

Post by capableweb » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:34 PM UTC

jsheard wrote: post #81

jasonwatkinspdx wrote: post #58

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Way to gloss over those streamers you're mentioning were streaming gambling. Kick is a front for Stake the bitcoin casino, not a legitimate streaming site. It exists purely because Trainwrecks wanted to keep making money streaming bitcoin slots. It's been an utter shit show with people streaming porn, sex, the super bowl, incredible amounts of racism... Twitch absolutely is not going that direction with good reason.

Indeed, browsing Kick right now shows gambling is the biggest category by far with 42k viewers. Chat streams are second with 6k viewers, and the most viewed (non-gambling) game has a mere 1.6k viewers. I can't imagine why anyone would stream games on there unless they're banned from Twitch.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

jasonwatkinspdx wrote: post #58

AccountAccount1 wrote: post #4

Honestly, it's not that surprising... from an outsider, Twitch has been incredibly mismanaged in the way that they treat their content creators. And now that Youtube is robust enough to allow streaming (also with the features that streaming has) it's catching up to them. The most curious is the alienation of creators which were raking up like 60k viewers per stream by the threat of banning. If you have ever seen one…

Way to gloss over those streamers you're mentioning were streaming gambling. Kick is a front for Stake the bitcoin casino, not a legitimate streaming site. It exists purely because Trainwrecks wanted to keep making money streaming bitcoin slots. It's been an utter shit show with people streaming porn, sex, the super bowl, incredible amounts of racism... Twitch absolutely is not going that direction with good reason.

Post by noncoml » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

Post by skilled » Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

beebmam wrote: post #98

skilled wrote: post #83

I've been a Twitch user since its first year. I have a select few streamers I watch, and I spend more time on the platform when there are new releases for games I personally like. But, I have been very in-tune with Twitch culture and I know how disorganized it is when it comes to "big" streamers. However, my issue (and also disappointment) with Twitch right now is: - Softcore porn allowed on the platform. Literally,…

Given that you have an issue with ads, how do you respond to the fact you can pay $5/month to subscribe to a specific streamer to avoid all ads? Would you prefer if there was a platform-level subscription level which allows you to avoid all platform-driven ads across all channels, similar to YouTube Premium, for example?