Lurkers and ads
Twitch does not count lurkers as viewers, this is devastating for new twitch streamers and impossible to grow if none of their viewers don't want to interact but are still watching.
Lurkers don't count as viewers but they still get ads, that should not be a thing, if lurkers don't count as viewers they should not be treated as viewers so lurkers should not get ads either.
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Sheppy4T7
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Was looking for this post. Lurkers not counting as viewers is a travesty to new streamers. Growing natively on twitch alone is nearly IMPOSSIBLE, lurkers give you a chance to boost your numbers from REAL people who may not always want to be listening to your stream but want to support in some way by having you open on another tab. It also shouldn't negatively impact streamers if their viewers don't want to chat, I think the OP has a good point about lurkers still getting ads but not counting as a view, if it doesn't benefit the streamer then why should a lurker benefit twitch?