Allow users to create taxonomies/categories to sort streamers they follow.
I would like to be able to sort the streamers I follow into different categories, perhaps based on a taxonomy system. For instance, I follow a lot of Rocket League streamers, I also follow a lot of Zelda streamers, and I follow a lot of musicians. I would like to be able to tag these streamers. So I may tag Rocket League streamers with: "Rocket League," "Games," "Funny," etc. And I may tag music streamers with "Original Music," "Covers," "Funny," etc. Then when I go to my follow page, I could easily sort and display streamers I am in the mood to look at.
In the example above, to take it further, if I clicked "Funny," I would see Rocket League and Music streamers who I've tagged as "Funny," and that's fine with me.
To take it even further, perhaps I could even choose to view other viewers' recommended tags (it could be like the Recommended section at the bottom of the follow page currently), to discover new "Rocket League" streamers or "Original Music" streamers, etc.
Thanks!

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maduka commented
Can we get a group feature so we can make groups for streamers / channels we follow. i would love to see a way i can group streamers / channels by games, friends, etc etc. like on discord i create groups for all the servers ive joined. helps me to easier find the place im looking for. would be helpfull to get this with twitch as well. its a shame to have to remove a "follow" just so i can see the rest of my channels better.
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EagleBrett commented
It would be awesome for the user/viewer to be able to create folders/groups that could be used to organize the followed channels that are online. For instance, I might want to sort them by genre, game, my frequency/priority for watching, etc. This would allow me to watch streams easier and support more streamers.
Note: This is primarily referring to the active streams displayed on the left side of the screen while watching a stream.
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Hilosgeek commented
I also think that a folder creation system where we can insert streamers according to our pleasure to date would be really a very useful function. I would really love to have it.
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Aeferis commented
Do this Twitch. I use a browser extension that does that and since I installed it I've been following A LOT more streamers cause I know I won't miss when my favorite ones are live, even if they have a low viewer count, cause they show up at the top of the list. It would be great to have that on mobile as well with an official implementation of this feature.
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Grumpy_tiger commented
I would enjoy having the ability to create and manage my followed list into various categories. I certainly have a preference of what channels I like to watch regularly versus others that I watch occasionally or very rarely when there's almost no one else on. And it would be nice to be able to sort that as right now I actively avoid following people because I don't want to clutter my list and have a bunch of noise.
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mishimoshiwoshi commented
Hello Twitch staff or whoever,
Just a suggestion or an idea maybe you can explore. (not sure if it's already somewhere here but here's it).
As some viewers follow a whole lot of streamers, with different types of streamer (league of legends, world of warcraft, valorant, just chatting, etc)
Maybe there is a way to click and drag different viewer into different catergory that can be set by users?
eg. Creating 3 category of streamer that I follow, (LoL, WoW, Valorant) and drag the streamer into a category with a collapsible menu.
This way, when I come onto twitch and feel like watching a particular type of content, I can instantly click instead of scrolling through 50+ followed channel to see which is which.
As for a streamer, this can also help them categorize their "teams" or a list of people they can raid/host before they end their streams. This way streamers have a simple way to see who they can raid at the get-go from a list instead of having to check if they're currently online and streaming.
just a suggestion! :D
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cinosdb commented
It be a great idea if you could stick your followed channels in a group like why you followed them you can make a group for what game they where playing for [EXAMPLE] have a group called NO pixel Rp and have all your favourite streamers in that drop down group .. hopefully that made sense just trying to improve twitch
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MrSmith_0 commented
Be able to group followed channels into certain groups/folders to easily organise that long list of channels and endless scrolling. Grouping to keep channels of a certain community together - I meet a lot of new people in different communities daily and by the time they go live I'm not always sure from which community I met who from. This would be a tremendous help especially when it comes to networking.
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Shads86SK commented
favorite or pin channels in a private list on the top would be nice, I follow a ton of channels but love to favorite, my cousin, or friends.
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Zero86Sk commented
having an option to favorite or pin channels in a private list or to the top, would be amazing
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OkayRome commented
I was thinking it'd be cool to be able to categorize channels you follow so they appear under sections on your following page. Could add a "+" button next to the follow button on a channel to add them to/create categories.
Then on the following page you could have for example a "Regulars" section for channels you visit all the time, then ones for "GTA RP", "Valorant", "just chatting" etc etc.
It'd be an easier way for someone to get straight to what content they want to watch out of the people they follow. And the user decides what categories they want to make and who goes in what category.
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Kuroo1304 commented
Sería lo ideal esto, así cada quien puede tener agrupados a que streamers desea ver sin la necesidad de que le muestre siempre los que más viewers tienen
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PersonalGeek_ commented
Estáis tardando amiguis.
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KruzioBaal commented
Es buena la propuesta, creo que quien mejor la ha desarrollado ha sido jcvaughan en su comentario, que esa agrupación sea como la que tiene Discord, lo ideal.
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RenoFriends commented
Seria genial poder agrupar por categorías, así como de menor a mayor para que los que menos viewers tienen no quedasen enterrados abajo del todo
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WendyPortledge commented
Want this so much. Following hundreds of accounts, having groups would make it so much easier to find specific streams.
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Theodindude commented
I was about to suggest this. Organization isn't a new idea but Twitch appears to be behind on this.
Have a feature to organize/create categorizes as we see fit. Also allow us to show our categorizes/lists public or private.
An auto unfollow would also be nice, such as if person doesn't stream for 3 months unfollow them. Of course the amount of days is set by the user.
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jcvaughan commented
Add folder options to your following list both on the separate page as well as the sidebar. Similar to folders to group your servers in Discord.
This would help users follow more channels and group them based on content/custom categories that they are looking to view when they are on Twitch. This also helps support smaller creators as if you are more integrated with a community you could have a folder specific to those creators that you chat with often and they wouldn't get lost in the sidebar to streams with a higher view count.
Ideally, users could come up with custom folder names, select the color of the folder as well as pick a emote that could be the "icon" for that folder.
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Go1den commented
I literally came here to write this exact idea and lo and behold it's the top one in the category. The ability to sort streams into our own defined folders would be amazing.
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NerdyBiker commented
Yes please! I've been wanting this for so long. I follow so many channels, but can only watch one at a time so I jump between them through time. This means that at some point, I see a name and forget who they are or why I followed them.
It would be so useful if I could categorise them myself so that i know why I followed them in case they happen to be playing something else next time I see them.
Unfortunately, without this feature it actively RUINS and HURTS discovery because I find myself going on an "unfollow-spree" every now and then to clean out any channels I no longer remember who or why i followed them. Which also leads to me losing contact with old friends who may have changed their name or something, meaning I will almost NEVER find them again.