Twitch has different 'boosting' features available to some streamers, such as channel point boost challenges or the new Boost Train. While great in theory for discoverability, completed boost recommendations right now seem to be sent to completely random users.

This means that recommendations are not always seeking the audience that the streamer is hoping to reach, or is content viewers aren't looking for. For example, when checking my own Front Page for these boosted recommendations, I've mostly been recommended channels streaming in languages I do not speak, or in categories I've never engaged in as a viewer or streamer.

This randomness also puts marginalised streamers at higher risk of harrassment as a result of financial support from their communities. For example, when my community completed a Level 4 Boost Train, the only new chatters in my stream were trolls targeting me for being a trans person. Hype Trains are designed to be a moment of joy, not a time where we have to worry more about being harrassed.

Instead, Twitch should send recommendations from boosts out based on user data that Twitch already has (e.g. how they filter 'live channels we think you'll like' and other recommendations). Curating recommendations based on these aspects or other user data available make them more appropriate and meaningful for viewers and streamers alike.

Implement a filter that would be present no matter what section of the site you are on allowing you to filter based on a primary language.

1) Force a streamer to select a single primary language
2) Allow streamer to select multiple secondary languages
3) Implement a filter that would be at the top of any search/game/category listing...

The filter should have two features.
- Allow user to filter based on primary language ONLY
- Allow user to sub-filter based on secondary languages optionally

This accomplishes two goals.

1) Allow the viewer to filter down to streamers that for the majority of the time will speak the language you set as primary.
2) Allow the viewer if they so desire to include secondary languages. Most viewers are not interested in watching a stream that is 50% Russian and 50% English however we should not remove that option as it takes away from the experience.

Trying to find a good channel for any game in Twitch is annoying currently as you sometimes go 4-5 channels before you even find one in your language depending on the time of day. This takes away from the experience and with new platforms such as YouTube Gaming coming....you know they will have this feature. Get ahead of the curve.

Twitch does not innovate much lately...the site looks about the same as it did 2-3 years ago. With from a viewers perspective...same features almost...not much has made Twitch better.

The moment you stop innovating you die. So lets avoid that!

Currently the top views are in the top of the list for followed channels. In categories it is the same way. With disabilities we often can't stream the hours or consistently stream like those that do. So finding a better way to be discovered will help those with accessibility needs. We have a voice but sometimes we are not found due to current set up.

It will also make it safer for other streamers that are not disabled. As many people give out bad advice to just constantly stream such as to not work or sleep. That streaming to be found is more important than having an outside life.

Categories as they are are a bother to search through. Looking for Pokémon games? Well, look through all these people that have "pokémon" in their names, then all over these streams that might not be for Pokémon!

Categories nesting with Sub-Categories could change this altogether. Let's say we would want to look for Pokémon games. We'd type "Pokémon", head into the "Pokémon" category and look at all the streamers doing different games. If we want some more precision into the category, different sub-categories like "Mystery Dungeon" or "Main Titles" could work, so on and so forth until you reach the "end" of that branch.

This would go like "Pokémon" > "Mystery Dungeon" > "Rescue Team DX", for example.

But the wonderful thing about this, is that it doesn't restrict itself to games.

For example, "Creative", can behave like "Creative" > "Pottery", or "Technology" > "Programming", instead of the smaller tags that people use less (or that don't exist in the first place)!

These kinds of categories could make looking for a particular type of niche that much faster, as well as condense some of the game categories into much more agreeable to see for the viewer, and much more discoverable for the smaller streamer.

You could also check the global interest in single games or whole franchises by sorting them into full nested categories (like "Pokémon", "Zelda", "The Elder Scrolls", "Final Fantasy", for example), or by "individual category", like Twitch usually does.

Greetings,

I don't know if this is the right contact for this. But I wanted to suggest something that would be very beneficial for channels from different regions to grow.

I have communicated this via twitch surveys before.

My suggestion is:
It would be very beneficial for channels to grow if the Twitch homepage displayed channels from the regions the users are from (e.g: if a user is from Saudi Arabia, the homepage will display Arabic channels ..etc)

I have been streaming on twitch for 4 years now and have been a partner since 2015. However, I need to grow on other platforms (e.g youtube) to grow my twitch channel. You may have noticed that many Arabic users are coming to twitch and what i've been hearing is that it's very difficult to navigate and find Arabic streamers (they have to use the filter and type "Arabic" in english :) )

I believe this is an easy implement that could benefit Twitch to grow in different regions as well as streamers.

Best Regards :)

The Mortal Kombat categories featured on twitch are inaccurate & should be fixed. It is one of the most iconic & recognized franchises in the video game industry & deserves accurate extensions on the platform.
The original Mortal Kombat, which released in Oct 1992 doesn't even have it's own category. It's absent. I'm assuming so the 2011 remake could replace its spot. While categories such as the ever popular Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe: Silver Shield Combo Pack (a copy of the base game boxed with a bonus blu ray of the original live action film) & Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Gold 2000 (a cheap 16 bit rom hack) exist in the categories. Can we please fix this? Maybe add a small "remake" at the end of the 2011 title so you can recognize the original? A list of the MK titles in order of release is included below. Thank you.

Mortal Kombat - 1992
Mortal Kombat II - 1993
Mortal Kombat 3 - 1995
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - 1995
Mortal Kombat Trilogy - 1996
Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero - 1997
Mortal Kombat 4 - 1997
Mortal Kombat Gold - 1999
Mortal Kombat Special Forces - 2000
Mortal Kombat Advance - 2001
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance - 2002
Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition - 2003
Mortal Kombat Deception - 2004
Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks - 2005
Mortal Kombat Armageddon - 2006
Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe - 2008
Mortal Kombat - 2011
Mortal Kombat Mobile - 2015
Mortal Kombat X - 2015
Mortal Kombat 11 - 2019

Every year twitch celebrates diversity on the platform with AAPI heritage month, Hispanic heritage month, Black history month, woman's history month, pride month, etc.

I as well as other Arab streamers were really looking forward to celebration of Arabs or Muslims this year because Arab American heritage month lined up almost perfectly with Ramadan this year!

I was really hoping to be able to discover other Arab streamers on the platform in April or have at least one of Muslim's only two holidays (Ramadan or Eid) or Arab's heritage month to be recognized and celebrated on Twitch's front page.

I hope that we can continue to celebrate everyone's differences together by adding this feature to the platform!