Keep Moments
Moments is a feature that Twitch released as a Beta to a handful of creators. Whenever something cool happened in your stream, you could give out a "Moment" to those who were there to witness it. Twitch just announced they are discontinuing it as of October. I'm writing this to ask you to reconsider.
The Moment was a clip that was created when you gave the command, and allowed for some minor editing. Anyone who claimed the moment would also receive a badge, and the more moments you claimed, the more your badge evolved over time. You could even click on someone's badge to see what moments they were there for.
As a creator, I was part of the Beta for Moments. This was an INCREDIBLE tool for engaging my audience. Most of the time, the Moments were for small little silly things that happened, but it allowed for my audience members who maybe couldn't afford to sub or cheer to showcase their loyalty to the stream by having a badge that said "I'm here for all the moments." The irony of the strength of this feature was that it wasn't really for "The Moment" you were there, but for combination of all the small little moments you got to share.
Growing on Twitch is about engaging your audience and giving them reasons to come back. Moments allowed viewers who tuned in for the day the chance at "being there" for something cool. It created an opportunity for people to stick around more and watch more of my content.
Anytime something cool happened my audience would say "MOMENT?," and so much so that I made an emote for the very thing. The emote ranked #1 in both my channel and outside my channel since it's creation for me.
It's failure as a feature is rooted in
- The Beta was too limited. Not enough people who could benefit from it were given the chance to use it.
- There was not a lot of push from Twitch to help creators understand why the feature is so good.
- The feature needed more feedback to shape it into something truly special.
Imagine having the badge and also attaching an Emote slot to Certain Tiers. Imagine having more options to really edit the clips so that you could really encompass the Moment. Imagine having MORE MOMENTS to give out so you could be more free with giving them out.
The reason it was cut was "limited use by the community" and that they would strive to "Create features that bring value to streamers"
Moments IS that feature. The badge is such a cool function. You don't need to make it compete with Featured Clips, in fact just having them on the viewer's profile under the badge is enough.
Please reconsider axing this and please actually reach out for feedback to those of us who get access to these Beta Features.
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Twister468
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I think Moments is such a fun feature and it would be a great shame to get rid of it before it truly had a chance to get off the ground and thrive.
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Blechzorz
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Moments are one of the coolest recent features offered, and add a fun incentive for always showing up and being there for the big things a streamer is working towards in a game
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curtoast
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I love moments! Please reconsider, Twitch.
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flatmatt
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I came into this uservoice suggestion without a super-strong opinion, but all the comments have reminded me how entertaining Moments can be simply for the "Is that a Moment?" memes. And I know Twitch loves memes.
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catwithbread77
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funny
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gardawg62
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From downtown!
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gardawg62
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Moments need to stay. When there is a great happening in a stream. The streamer and chat can celebrate with a moment badge.
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urpalwyatt
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Save moments!
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BFree47
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Moments are fun collectibles for a streamer and chat. It's like a better version of clips.
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Brugeta87
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I think moments are great for the streamer and for chat. It makes people want to keep watching their favourite streamers so they don't miss out on moments in the stream. It's a great way to generate numbers for the streamer and in return, chat gets a nice badge that changes each tier.
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wilpeers
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yes, please keep the moments.
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Kyle_116
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Moments are only poorly used because most people don't have it and Twitch completely failed to promote them. Don't kill it before even actually trying to use it.
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Nictron84
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I don’t know what moments are, but there are tons of users who want to keep them around. So grant more access and make it a permanent feature. Harumph!
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FakeTheReality
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As always, Twitch ******* everything on their own plataform... Congrats! You are doing the same as Elon Musk on Twitter.
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Joey_Mack
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I couldn't agree more with this post's point about the failure of Moments being the beta/roll-out. When I earned my first Moment, I had no idea what it was, whether or not I had to redeem it, etc. All of the sudden they were just there. A larger roll-out, combined with effective messaging to streamers AND viewers about what Moments are, was probably all that was needed to make Moments a huge success.
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shadymilkman999
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Moments are awesome, and I'm quite sad that they are currently slated to be scrapped. I don't even think the clips of Moments are that important--simply getting Moments and the associated badges are a fun addition to the platform, and I've seen users consistently excited about them in the streams that I watch that have had access to them. They are big driver of engagement. I would strongly recommend keeping them and expanding their access across the platform, and if necessary, see if any adjustments need to be made for their viability.
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TanukiDan
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I never got this feature and always wanted it. It really hyped people up in all the streams that utilized it and it would have been used more if it didn't stay hidden away from most people. Removing this is actually dumb.
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themilkshakrt
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I love moments
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dovied85
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What a MOMENT!
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breanator
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Dear Twitch, Moment Monday is my favorite holiday. Please don't do this to me.