Small Streamer Support
Twitch is increasingly seeing success in large, full-time partnered streamers who seem to be growing in mainstream recognition and opportunities, but what is or can Twitch do to help dedicated small streamers get visibility to avoid a YouTube-like situation where it's only for the celebrities.
Failcube
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iadultsohard
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You made changes to the browse system that allowed us to view smaller streamers for a bout a week. Now its back to "most popular" again. What happened? Things were going great. Not just for us small streamers but for any of you that actually use the service you provide here. Not many want to join a stream that has thousands of viewers already. Chat is useless and its near impossible to make connections or talk to the streamer when there are thousands trying talk at once. The streamer doesnt get to even read most of the comments or decides to not even read it at all. Twitch is supposed to be a place where you can communicate with the broadcaster of the entertainment you are watching and right now thats broken for your "high view streamers". If you set it back to the previous setup it would be easier to find decent content that allows people to get to talk and get to know the streamer and vice versa. It may upset the more popular streamers but if you dont tip the balance somehow, its only going to get worse.
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coolskyboy
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If A Small Streamer have over 30 hours streamed in a month they should get some kind of payment for there hard work
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nerd_knight123
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Y a I barely even have 100 followers but get 2-10 viewers a stream 15 is my max and that was luck
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xShadowHavocx
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if you have over 100 followers your not a small streamer theres others that barely get noticed its twice the amount of work for some with less then 100 followers
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TamerUK_
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Being a small streamer the question here isn't what can twitch do, the question your really asking is why should they do it. What benefit are you proposing twitch provide for someone with single/double digit viewers (i don't say that in sarcasm, im in that category)
Ultimately it comes down to the brass, however one idea I have spoken at length about with other streamers that would assist everyone is an overhaul to the teams function in Twitch, currently it offers Zero value to the viewer, yet if done correctly with full networking integration and add discoverability options it would be a valuable tool for communities of small streamers to grow off each other.
I do think you have a valid point, but I also think there's a lot more to explore than simply asking for more, maybe all us smaller streamers should have a big old chat :)
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TamerUK_
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The alternative to something like this would be allow affiliates or groups of affiliates to apply for team pages, then overhaul that system and give them discoverability (searching, tags, nationality base etc) No need for this if they sort out the single most useless feature on twitch.
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IvarIsALie
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Dude visit places like r/smallstreamers or literally any of these self-sellout discords people post here. It won't work and will just turn into a cesspool of people posting a link to their dead channel every time they go live "AY YO IM STREAMING COME WATCH ME BRO". It's always the same story.
Work on your own discoverability outside of Twitch because the market is so saturated that this is the only way to get audience. -
BlueberryPoot
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It would be nice for a Small Streamer category, or better ways to find new streamers. Perhaps able to filter through Partners/Affiliates/Non-Affiliates too. Help the discoverability to make it easier for us.
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grimsevers
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seconding strem frens! it's not follow for follow and helps people meet new streamers and share milestones, queries, and to have a general chat! https://discord.com/invite/Hj9ubez
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Crowded_Enemy
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What I mean by this is that Twitch could make a way for smaller streamers can be seen and helped out in many ways such as, helping with promoting, getting viewers actually to see us, a way where we can be heard. Cause trying to get Twitch Affiliate isn't the easiest thing starting out. An example I've been streaming for 2 years now I believe and only have had 1 or 3 viewers max. But only 1 viewer is always there, maybe a bot who knows.
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killaqueen_gaming
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Bigger streamers don’t need the extra promotion or they wouldn’t be big streamers
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GHOSTJACKYT
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yeah i feel ya
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Creak_TheFreak
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I’m a new streamer hoping for people to follow and watch my streams so I’m not just talking to myself.
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TeefeeLeafy
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I wish it was easier for small streamers to grow so anyone can start streaming and get more viewers than their family. its so hard to get even 200 viewers at once anyone could get easily discouraged.
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dxddy_random
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As a small streamer I find it really hard to gain more viewers. I'm not getting noticed. I think it would be very helpful for smaller streamers to make a way for people with smaller view counts to be easier to find because we are struggling to gain views and interaction.
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Doc_of_Derp
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It is harder for smaller channels to get viewers. This can lead to them quitting out of being discouraged. I recommend that smaller channels get recommended to viewers more than larger ones.
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wackywiller
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I have been streaming since 2016 and I can't get noticed on Twitch. Can Twitch please promote small streamers.
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wackywiller
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I have been streaming since 2016 and I can't get noticed on Twitch. Can Twitch please promote small streamers.
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duceexp
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Tienen que tener un balance en ese aspecto. Por cierto tiempo poner a los streamer con menos espectadores en el TOP . VOTA haste sentir si no twitch no va a tomar esto enserio.
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ameskidoodle
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https://t.co/UohxZaarfN?amp=1
^ The strem frens discord exists for this! :) Its amazing!!