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Just saw this from @HarrisHeller (finally) and I thought I'd throw a few extra cents into the piggy bank
1) The Creator UX
The UI is clean and intuitive, as far as the surface goes. The plethora of dropdowns and context menus are a problem, but on the whole I know which buttons I need to press to make things happen
The UI is clean and intuitive, as far as the surface goes. The plethora of dropdowns and context menus are a problem, but on the whole I know which buttons I need to press to make things happen
The UX though, I agree with. Ads are a pain. The first thing I do is drop a 5-minute ad break while I'm winding up stream.
33-minutes of ad-free viewing for my community? Fuck yeah!
The money I get there isn't even peanuts. One weekend bloc is scraping a hydrocarbon of a peanut
33-minutes of ad-free viewing for my community? Fuck yeah!
The money I get there isn't even peanuts. One weekend bloc is scraping a hydrocarbon of a peanut
Heller also mentioned discoverability. 4.5k votes later and we STILL don't have a Trans Tag.
Identity tags are how you find your mob Here are the tags of my last 5 streams:
- Casual Playthrough
- Hard Mode
- PvP
- LGBTQIA+
- AMA
Only LGBT+ brought people. Trans Tag Now
Identity tags are how you find your mob Here are the tags of my last 5 streams:
- Casual Playthrough
- Hard Mode
- PvP
- LGBTQIA+
- AMA
Only LGBT+ brought people. Trans Tag Now
I'm Aboriginal, I'm Trans, I'm Australian, I'm a plethora of other things.
PvP tags? I play @HuntShowdown , it's a legal requirement.
AMA? Ask... what?
Hard Mode? I Nightmare-run Doom games for kicks.
PvP tags? I play @HuntShowdown , it's a legal requirement.
AMA? Ask... what?
Hard Mode? I Nightmare-run Doom games for kicks.
Aboriginal/Indigenous tag for streamers? That leads me to: @Br0therDarkne55 @TheGameFoxTV @Courtenbae @lupawolf152 @NichTopher ...
Trans tag? @mstrssfox @ArcadeAshelyn @MiniSlash @StelaraVenka @VulpixAlyx @BlueJayGliding
Australian Tag? @GgVexy @AussieDevFro @ShaunSunday_Art
Trans tag? @mstrssfox @ArcadeAshelyn @MiniSlash @StelaraVenka @VulpixAlyx @BlueJayGliding
Australian Tag? @GgVexy @AussieDevFro @ShaunSunday_Art
See what I mean? PvP gets you... everyone in a competitive game? AMA... on what topic? Hard Mode for what, Cookie Clicker?
Twitch needs to revamp the tag system. The communities system of yore worked like a fucking charm
Twitch needs to revamp the tag system. The communities system of yore worked like a fucking charm
Point 2 from OP: DMCA
There's no silver-bullet except sitting down and doing the thing. Heller covers my solution to it: make sure that the artists are taking their cut at the end of the day.
Twitch HQ seems more intent on screwing people for their bux than anything
There's no silver-bullet except sitting down and doing the thing. Heller covers my solution to it: make sure that the artists are taking their cut at the end of the day.
Twitch HQ seems more intent on screwing people for their bux than anything
(On that point, 60:40 take for Affiliates and 75:25 take for Partners. Twitch has enough bankrolling from Jeff Bezos, he can afford to not be stingy for once in his dragonhood.)
Point 3: dump Emmett Shear
That one is a standalone because this is the key point.
Twitch is a headless hydra.
Heller again covers this point enough that I don't need to reiterate, but I'll cover my points here to make sure everyone's on the same page
Twitch is a headless hydra.
Heller again covers this point enough that I don't need to reiterate, but I'll cover my points here to make sure everyone's on the same page
Everything that everyone griped about for the last 16 months comes to the executive branch.
Shear is out of touch with the userbase. This is why I mention the Trans Tag — the single most requested feature in the Town Hall, and it's barely glossed over
Shear is out of touch with the userbase. This is why I mention the Trans Tag — the single most requested feature in the Town Hall, and it's barely glossed over
There are other things, sure, but this is subject to the Streissand Effect
And it's not causing an operational health/safety breach like... I dunno... the 2019 TCON PARTNER PARTY!!!
And it's not causing an operational health/safety breach like... I dunno... the 2019 TCON PARTNER PARTY!!!
This is about the stuff I can touch because I'm only here for 10-hours of my week, and usually busy making the games you stream.
(I want to go into more detail, but let's keep this simple stupid)
(I want to go into more detail, but let's keep this simple stupid)
There is a second advantage to Twitch that Heller didn't really speak on: it has the brand pull
When I think games livestreaming, I think Twitch. YouTube, that's what I think for curated and manicured A/V content. Facebook... sorry, Zuck, you really are just a bulletin board for my mutuals and I
Shear, however, as a dear colleague of mine would say, is only in it for the Dollar Sign at the end.
Unfocused ads, a lack of tools to foster the consumer-base, community division, and legal grey-areas... all smacks of, "Can we make money from this decision or not?"
Unfocused ads, a lack of tools to foster the consumer-base, community division, and legal grey-areas... all smacks of, "Can we make money from this decision or not?"
Shear has to make like his name and break from Twitch if the company expects to survive.
This attitude is similar to what the former CEO of Games Workshop — of Warhammer fame — once said.
Paraphrasing: "What fans of the Warhammer hobby love most is purchasing miniatures!"
This attitude is similar to what the former CEO of Games Workshop — of Warhammer fame — once said.
Paraphrasing: "What fans of the Warhammer hobby love most is purchasing miniatures!"
That is a fundamental misunderstanding of the social aspects and community good of the hobby, reducing it to the transaction that benefits the CEO at the end.
Shear must go
Shear must go
To recap:
1) Aiding Heller's point about pleasurable UX, focus on the community engagement/finding.
2) Placate the record lables before they drag everyone into the mud.
3) Twitch needs a leadership change. Pronto
1) Aiding Heller's point about pleasurable UX, focus on the community engagement/finding.
2) Placate the record lables before they drag everyone into the mud.
3) Twitch needs a leadership change. Pronto
