In the Settings Page Under Security and Privacy there is a setting to "Hide Progressive Gifter Badge and Gifts Given Count" when enabled it hides the number of subs you have given as well as you name from showing up in the leaderboard. This works fine until you gift multiple months(note worthy the total subs given is hidden but not the leaderboard). I assume because gifting multiple months to a user counts as more than 1 sub it tracks you in the leaderboard in a separate way. I honestly am not sure if hiding the user in the leaderboard should be associated with this toggle or a different toggle but obviously the inconsistency between the two types of gift is a bug. I personally don't really mind it but it would be nice if this was resolved and additionally if these behaviors where separated into their own toggle. Good Luck and Excellent Job you have a great application <3

EDIT: These subs only show up temporarily I am not sure if this is just client side or not.

I did NOT get the choice if I WANTED to stop streaming, I HAD to stop streaming. My computer was dying and thanks to crypto and scalpers it took six months to get a graphics card for a new build. Gee, I wonder why my subscribers didn't renew? Amazon I'm so sorry I wasn't making YOU money, I couldn't even take commissions to keep up on income at all because my hardware failure and the tech market was out of my control. I highly doubt I'm the only streamer who had to pull for the last yearish because of lack of access to quality hardware to continue streaming. This feature feels like I'm being gaslighted for not making Twitch/Amazon enough money lol

One of my favourite creators stopped streaming recently. Two months ago I opted for a 6 month subscription. I requested a refund for 4 out of the 6 months, taking into account that the second month of the subscription occurred 1 day after the final stream. Twitch refused my request, saying they can only issue refunds for technical problems.

I doubt there are many who chose a 6 month recurring subscription to this particular creator. The best possible scenario is that the creator still gets paid out after those 6 months, the worst is that they don't reach the required 100$ treshold and you keep my money indefinitely, while the creator sees nothing.

I would like to see an improved refund policy in cases where streamers stop streaming, and/or a guarantee that all money spent before the final stream still get paid out in full, regardless of the 100$ treshold.

there should be a sub limit per month, here in germany if you earn under 450€ a month you wont have to pay taxes, it is a so called "mini-job" but if u earn more than 450€ u ll have to start paying taxes, which would make this little amount of money way less and it will initialize lot more paperwork.
Having a sub limit would stop additional subs from coming in so we ll have a better plan about income and it will be an easier time with the finance office.
of course this should be an optional thing, but for ppl who just start out it ll be a better protection against tax violation.

It's hard for viewers to see how many subscribers a channel currently has. In my opinion, this number should be visible to everyone as well as the number of followers and current viewers. Some of the streamers display numbers (but for the most part they don't). Sometimes new subscribers are counted per stream, sometimes the current month is mentioned and a number and a target value, but it is not clear whether these are absolute values.

In one channel, for example, a different (higher) value was mentioned in the chat than the one displayed in the video window. All in all, very confusing and not very transparent. Partly the !subs command can be used in chat, partly not.

I think it would be an important decision-making aid for viewers if they could see the actual number of subscribers. Since most viewers will not be able or willing to support all the channels they follow also financially.

Currently the value a Viewer gets from a subscription, is the attention from the streamer and the access to more emotes and to be able to chat in sub mode. I believe that Viewers who have been subscribed for a certain amount of time should be rewarded for their patronage by introducing some branded "swag" (swag refers to merchandise ) they receive to their doorstep. Sending out a letter that contains some stickers with the channels name on it and some twitch stickers will incentivise Viewers to subscribe for a long amount of time ! Creating revisions of these stickers will then further more incentivise a Viewer to stay subscribed. Then for the really long term subscribers you could up the anti so to speak with regards to the rewards.

This is my idea, curious to see any feedback. Very much want to get involved with creating value for my Viewers.

The idea is to allow Streamers to award a single tier 1 Subscription per month for Free with no monetary cost or pay out for the streamer.

This would allow followers to make use of the chat emotes, stop pre-roll adds and even allow them to use sub only chat for one month.

After the month is up, the recipient may be more inclined to pay out for a sub in order to keep the Emotes and to stop Adds.

Streamers could use these Free subs as Prizes after hitting a new goal or rewards to returning viewers or just plain randomly gifting someone the chance to be a sub for free.

I think this would increase interest in subbing in the future and help to promote smaller streamers.