[Feature] Discovery Feed
We recently announced the upcoming launch of the Twitch Discovery Feed: a scrollable feed in the Twitch app that shows users a personalized mix of Clips. Before that launch happens, we’ll be running experiments with limited versions of the Discovery Feed to help test and improve our algorithms and the overall experience. These early experiments do not reflect the final design or experience of the Discovery Feed. We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions on how to improve this experience as we build towards the bigger launch.
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Rakiinterith commented
The UI as a concept doesn't function properly when you realize that nearly all twitch streams are in widescreen. Ignoring the fact that it autoplays and makes it take longer to get to the streams you follow, TikTok, which is this obviously copying, is mostly vertical videos. Twitch by pure fact that it's primarily for gaming has nearly all streams in 16:9 and so the actual stream is a tiny little space in the middle of larger and larger phone screens.
This is just making it harder to actually watch streams in the name of trend chasing. I don't care if the discovery feed is in the app, just make it so that the follow page is your landing once you open the app instead of an autoplaying feed that shows me streams I don't care about.
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tina_dinkfan commented
Discovery Feed was just added to my mobile app yesterday. I am confident in saying: It is awful. It does nothing but annoy the viewer. Autoplaying & forcing a viewer to join a random stream (even from streamers you follow) upon opening the app makes using Twitch a nightmare. It also is making navigating away from a stream incredibly difficult. The previous mobile UI was much more user friendly. This does nothing but frustrate the user & make it so we do not want to use the platform. Smart thing would be to revert to the previous UI.
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decrepit_monster commented
What are you doing? I'm going to cancel my many years of service. Auto play, no mute, I can't sort my followed channels from high to low. So now they are randomly placed. Making it much more difficult to find the streamers I watch often. Unless you're goal is to have me unfollow all the streamers I rarely watch? Again what makes you think people on mobile service want auto play and loud streams going as soon as they open the app? Your app isn't tiktok. I am sooo baffled how this even got approved for a limited run. Opt me out, or I'll just leave twitch.
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MisterTheZeem commented
This is the worst decision you have ever made, app is practically unusable. If these changes persist I will be canceling turbo, subscriptions, and be done using the twitch app in general. Embarrassing disregard for customers.
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dale_cd commented
Follow list should pop up first, at the very least. If we must have a stream pop up when the app opens, pick from our most watched at least. I follow top streamers (xqc, hasan) in case they collab with people I do watch. I do not want to cull my follow list to avoid being blasted with hasan giving a political rant or xqc watching tik tok when i open the app
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danman69_ commented
Absolutely dreadful UI. I did not volunteer to test your Discovery Feed, change it back as soon as possible. I understand you want to test potential updates, but please make this process voluntary rather than imposing new designs on users who are not willing to hinder their current experience.
The feed in itself might be fine for other users, but it absolutely should not be the default page when opening the app. I open the app first and foremost to see if any of the streamers I follow are online. I do not open the app to have a potentially noisy stream I have no interest in automatically play. It's a sensory nightmare.
Removing the ability to scroll through the channels I follow in favour of an unnavigable feed of random channels I have no interest in is an extremely poor design choice. If you must have this feed, put it elsewhere and do not force users to put up with an inferior experience.
Additionally, the fact you can't browse other channels and categories with the current stream minimised is an objectively worse design choice.
This test is an unwelcome aggravation for a user that was already happy with the app as is. Change it back immediately and do not force testing on random users. This is really poor from Twitch.
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afrojason commented
New update bad why fix what isn't broken?
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tofu_12 commented
As many have already posted, this is an horrible, horrible way to do this.
I don't want the first thing i see on opening the app to be a random stream.
I want to see if any of the streamers I follow are streaming, nothing else.Giving more streamers exposure may be a good thing for streamers, but forcing this features to app users by having feeds play on turning on the app? That is just bad UI.
Sadly, I don't care if I might like a random stream that shows up.
The moment I opened the app and saw this, It ****** me off and decided I'm never following/watching anything I find through thisIf this isn't reverted soon I guess I'm not subbing to any streamer anymore
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AkitaAttribute commented
This is bad. Remove this. Make Following the default.
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MiniAssassin17 commented
Change it back!
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MIKAeo commented
This update is horrendous. I cancelled my Turbo subscription over this ridiculous forced ****. There is absolutely now reason why my following tab shouldnt be its own tab. Don't force me to watch random **** while I'm browsing who I'm following. I already use the app exclusively to watch content, don't shove what you think I want to watch down my throat. Give me the option to not use this garbage.
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GugaX commented
I have just received the update on Android and it must be the most disgusting update I have received for any app ever.
The home page makes no sense: randomly chooses one stream which it AUTO PLAYS INCLUDING SOUND????. It does not show the stream chat and there's not really any functionality aside from just outplaying Ra Dom stream for now reason. What's the point?To see followed channels there's some little button in the top left, but it shows them in weird order (sort by viewers please?).
Whoever designed this UI should be not doing this job.
Massive downgrade overall
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hobgoblin612 commented
This is a good concept but please don't make it the only homepage in the mobile app, autoplaying clips and streams as soon as you open the app is hostile to the users. Do what YouTube has settled on, a subscriptions page and a recommended page. The first thing I see should be an overview of all the live channels I follow with as much information on what they are streaming as possible in a compact format.
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Null_Velella commented
My Twitch app recently set this feed as the default home page, which was an unwelcome change to how I use the app. I do not appreciate being bombarded with an unmuted stream the second I open the app, and this aspect of the feature alone makes me hesitant to open the app at all. I have already been met with an uncomfortably loud volume from this feed when opening the app, despite my headphones being set at a reasonable volume.
My opinion of this feature is further soured by introducing more obstacles for me to navigate in order to use the other features I'm actually interested in. I use the app first and foremost to check which of my followed streamers are live, and this new default homepage hinders that purpose. I have no interest in this discovery feed. This one change has genuinely affected my user experience negatively enough that I'm heavily considering uninstalling the app altogether and just sticking to the web version of Twitch.
I implore you to allow users to choose which feed they want to see as the default homepage upon opening the app. Or at the very least allow users to set the discovery feed to muted as a default so we don't get assaulted by stream audio the second the app opens
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pedrowsky_ commented
How can I disable this feed? It is extreme obnoxious. Intrusive and invasive. Give us an option to disable. Horrible user experience.
Open the app and something is already playing, super annoying. Makes me not want to use this app anymore. Pushing these types of things without giving us a option to opt in or out is a horrible business practice.
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albertbondigas commented
I cancelled my Turbo because of the Feed. Opening the app to a loud blaring video I don’t want to watch is too much when I pay for this.
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Wolfman__117 commented
Just got this unfortunate update pushed to me today. I HATE the feed being the default home page when I open twitch. Give me back the following home page. I don’t care about clips and I don’t want to scroll through a feed like tik tok. I’ve previously voiced my complaints about the addition of stories and featured clips and luckily you’ve moved featured clips elsewhere or removed them but stories remain above my followed streamers causing me to unfollow anyone who was posting stories. I want my following page to remain as it has been, showing me my current live followed streamers and nothing more.
I understand streamers want more discoverability but forcing this feed in viewers faces is NOT the way to do it. If I want to look for a new streamer then I’ll go search for a new streamer playing a game I’m interested in.
If you do decide to keep this tik tok feed feature DO NOT make it the default home page when opening the app. The following page should always remain the default. Simply move the tab and leave follow tab first.
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iBlank commented
Regarding the experiment: "Starting in May, select users will see the discovery feed as the home page of the Twitch mobile app, as opposed to seeing the Feed tab."
Don't make it the default. If anything, give people the choice for those who want that to be a thing.
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GhostZero commented
Just getting started with the Clips feed and it was a bit complicated at the beginning, because 1) I just got partnered channels, which feels unnatural. 2) And I kept in a loop of just three (3) creators, no way to get new clips from other creators. 3) finally I must swipe twice or click twice on like to actually swipe/like.
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benmac1987 commented
Is there a way to make it so that the "discovery feed" is not the default when I open the mobile app? I don't want to see some random clip immediately when I'm more interested in seeing who is live.