"Just Chatting" Is NOT Enough!--Need Categories For Other Creative IRL Streamers (Actors, Voice Actors, Live Readers, Creative Writers, etc)
We need more specific options that's not "Just Chatting." ---and tags for them don't always work.
Since for many communities... especially for tiny ones, vtuber streamers, and/or female streamers owned ones.
This category is EASY troll, bots, and cyber bully bait.---
Had plenty of those in my channel due to being tiny community and "female owned."
(Even if I'm not on camera and I don't have the tag saying "female" "woman" Etc. related--- Just because of my u/n and my voice)
Also "Just Chatting" is way to vague... I get if you're talking about certain topics.
(Shout out also to suggestion to "deleting followers" because of reasons like that. Since banning them doesn't do anything since they can still view your content.)
But If you're doing something like acting, voice acting, or general live reading/reading aloud
(reading script you're practicing, a news article, a story, a comic (whether or not it's your own).
Not only is it more specific, but it might gain people who actually might want to watch the streamer.
As a live reading and voice actor streamer... And from seeing others who had streams similar in mine.
It's kinda awkward when getting shouted out when you're category is "just chatting."
When a stream aren't "just chatting" about something (a certain topic). Streamers normally assume at first "oh hey so what were you chatting about?"
And then when the answer isn't a "just chatting" norm. It's like "oh... So that's cool."
Then usually it'll ends there...
Unless you get the rare case where the streamer will ask what it was about.--Whether or not they see it after that depends.
Unless it's a streamer that you may at times have raided often who knows what you do for "just chatting" streams.
(which thankfully is a few on my end and some even have agreed with me (viewers included) that there should be a category for channels that aren't "just chatting.")
Also I've seen some "Just Chatting" streamers when they raid get brushed off... So it's off putting.--I experienced this many times and seen it.
I've even called out a streamer for not being respectful about it. But the streamer had timed out since I was being "rude" to them.
Also tag don't work when it comes to when you raid someone either... Also sometimes when someone new comes into your channel.
They may be confused on why your not "Just Chatting."--have had that happened on my channel many times.
You have an IRL Creative category each for art, crafting, food, software, body art, and music streams...
So why not ones specifically for acting/voice acting, live reading, and maybe even creative writing.
They are all should have their own IRL Creative category(s) that should be taken into account.
(Seriously I got excited to see there was a category for "voice over" to find out it was for an indie game. And not a category for voice actors/actresses/overs.
Same with "writing" being steam game... not a category for writers... "Reading" is also a game apparently not an )
Oh and PLEASE DON'T even think about conjoining all creative as one category.
That'll be just looked at as lazy and not caring about each individual creative based streamers'.
Same goes for deleting any of them and even "just chatting."
I praise the Twitch streaming platform since I know you do hear us out. Not to mention it's a bit easier to become a paid streamer.
Versus as not coming off as heartlessly corporate and not as competitive demand to be paid (i.e. YouTube).
Please to the people behind making Twitch.
You all should review the pros and cons of their categories.
Since there's confusion, awkward, and/or disrespect (raiding or from being checked out by someone who finds you on whim). As well as safety in stream communities (bots, trolls, and cyber bullies) overall.--
Especially when it comes to your only choice for a category as an actor (including voice overs/actors/actresses and/or live readers) is "Just Chatting."
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JapanimationGirl commented
I think there was even once the category Acting & Improv... What happened?