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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Lokao___
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one of the few decent features that was added in the last couple of years, keep it.
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dan0uge
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I'm devastated that moments are getting cut. I guess it's good way to get back at content creators and viewers for speaking out against the horrible ad policy that Twitch attempted to roll out. Great job! you sure showed us!
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StumbleBe
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Moments are so valuable. They are a fun and engaging aspect of streams. The creators I subscribe that do have moments use their quota. The streamers I subscribe to who were not part of the beta really wanted to be and actively requested the feature.
Moments are long term marks of accomplishments or mementos from important occasions to the community. They are invaluable for community retention and emotional investment into streams. They are a truly special, truly unique feature of twitch. Please keep them
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TiroSavagale
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This has been a great feature that has made me feel more connected to streams. Being a one off viewer and catching a moment is pretty exciting.
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mellophonebabe
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As a viewer, I loved moments. It made streams more special and interactive when something amazing happened and we got a moment for being there.
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wozzbozz
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Moments have absolutely made twitch more enjoyable. Please don't get rid of this unique feature!
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Shanic
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Moments added something to look at and look forward to during a stream. It provided viewer engagement that the channel owner controlled. It's a far easier system for the host to "clip" than doing it themselves mid stream. Please reconsider this decision, moments were a fantastic idea.
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Tanman35
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yeah moments have been a really cool addition and something i am excited when i see them popping up, even seeing how tiers compare to others i see in chats regularly is fun. sincerely hope this gets reconsidered and will stay
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darkenforcer6669
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SAVE MOMENTS! I NEED TO PROVE I WAS THERE!
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Djjaims
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I love the moments feature, please don't bag it!
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astr0bots
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I love moments! I think they're a great way for streamers to engage with all their viewers and are a fun way to reward viewers for watching a channel consistently. I had hoped it would be expanded to all channels. Please reconsider ending this feature!
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TacoPete
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Please give more people to take advantage of this great feature! Maybe not everyone can leverage it, but it's amazing for the people who can.
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LordRegal
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The few channels I'm involved with that have moments are enhanced experiences with them. A full rollout would be much better than this "only some people have them so we don't think it's worth keeping them" when it's not a choice streamers have right now.
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MrsAlexForTheWin
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Moments make me feel alive. I don't know what I'll have if you take them from me.
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Burnty
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Can we get a moment when we save moments?
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Monchips
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Moments are super engaging, I sometimes look upo to a moment that will happen in
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queenofsprinkles
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One of the streamers I watch regularly checked to see if he got access to moments for a year. I have no idea why you're taking them away when people want to use them, but just weren't given access.
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MAXAMOUS
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Insert "you can't do this to me" Norman Osborn Spiderman meme here.
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Critical_Wit
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Moments are exciting. Losing them instead of improving/expanding them doesn't make Twitch better. We all want Twitch to be better.
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TheRealBrobie
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I absolutely love moments and do not want to see this feature leave. Of those with access to moments, I think too few understood how to use moments properly. iateyourpie used them perfectly and I think this post summarizes the key features of moments better than I ever could. Please keep moments!!