Short form content can increase discoverability measurably, but maintaining those viewers can only come from long form content. Having an area where streamers can submit an unedited segment with a thumbnail from their vods (to get reviewed for tos) into discoverable sub categories or tags within the main categories on twitch (for example in just chatting there’s filtering for reactions, discord/community, story times, drama, etc) can create a new way to attain viewers that last. Viewers that enjoyed the segment could end up watching the rest of the vod or tuning into more streams if the content was enjoyed. Also, creators should have the choice to hide or show the view count for these videos to the audience. This can create an environment that levels the playing field for new creators/encourages viewers to judge based off quality over popularity vs. the choice of leveraging social proof and attracting new viewers from a trending video with an increasing view count. Creators would be discovered on twitch and grow on twitch if this idea were to be implemented.