As many of you know twitch has little to no discoverability so I considered ideas on how that could change. Engagement is a huge part of a strong community and this system would reward it. The idea came to me from the Pre Roll Ad function. Pre roll ads are the ads you encounter when entering a streamers stream and twitch has a way to temporarily turn them OFF. When you manually run an ad from the dashboard the Pre Roll Ads turn off for a designated amount of time based on the length of the ad you ran. So I thought why can’t the “view” count do something similar through chat engagement? Let’s say you have 5 viewers and 2 of them are actively engaging with your stream, you would get a “phantom” +2 viewers. Your viewer count would remain 5 but you “engagement” number would be 7. The thought is that you would change position in the category you are in based on your "Engagement" number rather than your view count. This way more engaging communities will see quicker growth while being higher in the category of their choosing.

My thoughts were chat engagement would give you 60 seconds per the individual chatter, this timer would have to run down before it could be reset just like the Pre-Roll Ad Off function. Subscriptions would grant you 120 seconds, follows 60 seconds, cheers 90 seconds, etc. All of these counters would count per individual chatter and actions of the same type would not stack, for example if a chatter speaks in chat and says something again 15 seconds later the time will NOT add 60 more seconds until their original chat timer expired. However if that chatter follows, subscribes, cheers, etc THEN time would be added.

Imagine being raided with this system. You could have 100 viewers and 25 active chatters giving you an “engagement” number of 125. Now imagine receiving a raid of 100 viewers in which 50 of them spammed you with emotes and messages adding 50 “phantom” views to your “engagement” count which let’s say spurs an additional 25 of your original viewers to interact in response to the raid adding 25 more “phantom” viewers to your “engagement” count. That would bring your “viewer” count to 200 and your “engagement” count to 300 AND it would last for at least 60 seconds which is longer than a lot of raiders actually stick around and that’s not including follows, cheers and subs that may also occur. Through a raid you would be able to climb higher in the category you are in and hold that position potentially long enough to organically gain additional viewers to your stream.

If you made it this far I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas one this! Ill likely have a YouTube video discussing this topic because I would love to hear what Twitch staff would say on the subject.

Creo que sería una buena idea premiar con alguna recompensa extra dentro del panel de control del canal si un streamer utilizar su enlace de Twitch para que usuarios de otras redes sociales accedan, como por ejemplo Twitter, Instagram, etc..

Es probable que algunas personas no hayan accedido a la plataforma nunca, y con ello se genere nuevos usuarios que se afilien a Twitch y comiencen a visitarlo con más frecuencia y vea mayor contenido.

Con ello no me refiero a una recompensa económica, si no logros como los que tenemos ya disponibles, y en este caso sería algo como: 100 personas han accedido al canal mediante tu enlace de Twitch ---> Nuevo emoticono extra.

Es probable que algún usuario lo haya indicado anteriormente, pero en mi búsqueda no he podido encontrarlo.

Gracias por leer el comentario!

Due to many games getting significant expansions, I think there should be a way to sort between DLCs/Expansions of a game.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a great example here. This game has three seperate expansions (one of which is coming out next week). For some reason though, when selecting a game to stream there are only two options; The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Due to Twitch's name rules, the other expansion The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ did not get a twitch game name. The final, biggest and most impactful expansion, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, probably won't get one either, despite Afterbirth for some reason getting one when it is also an expansion.

Shouldn't only the Binding of Isaac: Rebirth be a game option? Why Afterbirth? If it is based on expansion size, should Repentance be a game stream option since it is by far the biggest expansion changes basically everything about Rebirth? This may seem mild but it can be very confusing for viewers when watching a game. They buy one product yet their favourite streamer is playing something much more grander than they purchased, due to Twitch stopping at Afterbirth and not including Repentance.

What I am proposing is a simple way that when selecting a game there is a selection box or something of the sort to indicate what Expansion if any is being played. It would make game selection for streamers and game searching easier for viewers, allowing them to get exactly what they want. It can also help with visibility leading to more purchases, supporting the developers themselves.

I guess this could complicate some things, but if all the expansions are still sorted into the category of the original game, it could keep the interface clean and easy to use.

This is of course a suggestion and a kind of messy one, but I think it could work out in the long run.

I've been using this site since J.TV and holy shit you guys have really been dropping the ball as of late. Solid idea letting Amazon buy you out btw. Anyway, please let me change my fucking followers list back to most views to least views. I don't want to be a fucking guinea pig for your test, I did not sign up to help you awful site runners imput another shitty idea that 7 people asked for. Let me change my followers list back to how it has been for the past OH I DONT KNOW FOREVER SINCE IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED??

Let me change my followers list back. Let me change my followers list back. Let me change my followers list back. Let me change my followers list back. Let me change my followers list back. Let me change my followers list back.

My idea is to have a stream that is running basically 24/7 that simply plays sounds that allow viewers to continue sleeping. A lot of viewers fall asleep to streams, and it would be nice to have a stream to raid that would allow viewers to continue sleeping peacefully. These sounds could include simple things such as light rain, or lo-fi music. The stream would have a night time image so the viewers screens are not bright as well. This would allow viewers who have fallen asleep to continue sleeping in peace.

I would also like to add that I would be willing to make this happen if it were to get enough support and the approval from Twitch. I have a spare PC that I can use to keep a stream like this running at almost all times, with minimal downtime for things such as if my internet or electric went out.