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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march_tv commented
Honestly shocked that this is going away. A lot of the larger streamers I watch use them frequently, and as a small affiliate streamer I would definitely use them if they were available to me. I hope Twitch changes their mind or at least revisits the idea soon.
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JustShelton223 commented
Keep moments. PLS DONT GET RID OF MOMENTS.
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megamaw commented
I already replied to this thread, but it bears repeating.
The fact that the userbase is begging to keep Moments isn't a common situation. This is a feature that, clearly, there is demand to keep.There's a streamer I've watched on a semi-frequent basis, for around 9 years.
Since this streamer implemented Moments, I have been significantly more engaged, both with their content, and with their community.
Moments really do feel like a natural evolution of Clips. Used properly, it's a great way for streamers to keep their viewerbase engaged, excited to level up their badge, and generally evoke this feeling of 'I WAS HERE'.
A few months ago, I couldn't imagine a stream keeping me on the edge of my seat, with nearly my full attention, but, when used properly, Moments can get that out of a viewer.
It's a total waste. I don't think I've ever heard someone say anything negative about Moments, aside from maybe 'wow, I wish Twitch would roll this out to me'.
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WildTorterra commented
please keep moments!! it's such a fun feature, I really don't want it to go! I was hoping to have some fun with it when I work on my streaming career.
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penlevod commented
Moments are a cool feature. Please don't delete them
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JoshQwertyx commented
KEEP MOMENTS PLEASE TWITCH I WANT TIER 100 MOMENT PLEASEE!!!
(and dont limit it to 5 per month)
(1 moment a day is more fair!)
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DSteves commented
This is your second highest (soon to be highest) voted on feature on this uservoice forum. The feedback for this feature should be obvious at this point. And let me ask something, should you decide to take them away. What is the true purpose of this site if you fail to follow the requests of the top voted on features?
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Kamak86 commented
I just found out about moments and it is actually a very interesting and fun tool. Keep them!
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AdeptCharon commented
Moments are fun, they should stay
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NASCARFan8824 commented
I like the moments
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PKMNcast commented
Really love this feature, would just benefit from more public knowledge of it.
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KJAhavah commented
DO NOT REMOVE MOMENTS!!! Like PERIOD!!!
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TheeShaiKing commented
Please keep moments and push it out to EVERYONE! Its an amazing feature that, those of us who had it, loved to use.
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FelixWind commented
KEEP THIS FEATURE, TWITCH! WYD?!
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Keltic_Dave commented
release the feature to all streamers don't remove it.
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Keltic_Dave commented
moments is a great feature I don't see why you would remove it. It helps the streamer and it's a fun thing to collect as a viewer
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safeguardjeff commented
Moments is great, we need it to stay. Even in its Beta mode state it is a great feature. It needs to stay.
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haagstuig commented
dont take away the badges
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MRxAmazingSC commented
Why are we removing moments when many people whenever even given a chance to use the feature? Myself included.
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zuulske_kitagawa commented
I'm a viewer of the Bluekandy, and Shuee01 communities... I've never seen other people with badges. Why get rid of something instead of opening it up more?!?!? The dumb thing moments badges was not seeing more groups with it open. Instead of closing them, open them up!