Twitch should not weaponize discovery like they did with the Mountain Dew Exploitathon™ this week.
Twitch should not weaponize discovery like they did with the Mountain Dew Exploitathon™ this week.
Telling us we might maybe have a chance at getting on the front page, if we advertise for Mountain Dew™ for hours, is Twitch admitting that not only do they have pretty granular control over discoverability, but that they withhold it from us so they can use our desperation to get a quick check from a soda company.
It erases all the fragile trust you've built with us, it exposes Twitch as a blatantly rigged game, & it undermines all the effort you've put into improving discoverability on the platform. Withholding the chance at views unless we scream MOUNTAIN DEW at the correct volume, is a painfully short-sighted & manipulative idea.
You need to make it so discoverability isn't something you use against the people who make your website viable. Please, never ever do this again, & please work on some real discoverability measures. Please find a way to make up for this Exploitathon. It's disgusting.