I have recently tested your new viewer count algorithms and have found results that point to two simultaneous streams are allowed only... not a 'handful'(?) as you stated on twitter?
I believe this will make things impossible for the smaller streamers and hurt Twitch a little bit too in the long run.

The smaller streamers are basically the collateral damage in this as most streamers on twitch have a slow moving all important chat until they get into the 100s of viewers. Most of the viewers that do stay behind will usually have multiple streams open as their main, whilst they come by to say hi and see what's up every now and then. These are usually the early base of viewers that increase their viewer count to somewhat respectable for them to be noticed by more and more people and THAT is when their personality and charisma can come into play to get the snowball of rolling. By limiting these streamers to the 'two streams on max or their views won't count' law, the little guys basically have this taken away and it leaves practically only one option for them to realize their dreams: a once in a lifetime occurence causing them to go viral and blow up. A hard task has only become harder.

These new algorithms also don't take into account the fact that these days alot of people simply do not have a high attention span and seeing as the nature of streaming is more comparable to a 5 course dinner instead of quick fast food (Youtube), viewers are bound to be inclined to have multiple streams open simultaneously, and usually more than the two that are allowed nowadays.

In the long run I feel Twitch could discourage a large amount of streamers with this viewer count system and could lose promising streamers who will never realize their potential and who will never be discovered because of the new viewer count algorithms? If need be, at least make the competition fair by correcting the codes and make the rule affect everyone on twitch because I have come upon quite a few irregularities during testing. But ideally, a midway compromise could be adjusting the algorithms to 5 tabs, which seems more in line with the honest lurkers' viewing behavior on Twitch.

Thank you for your time and again, I hope Twitch will review their decision and at least leave a little bit more breathing space for the smaller streamer to grow.

Recently a lot of streamers have been getting DMCA notices for streams that are 2-3 years old. 50 Cent - In Da Club has been flagged on many channels along with other music from RIAA. This is a problem because streamers are now scared of getting punished or banned off the platform for listening to the music they want to listen to. This is not good for the longevity of the platform if it wants to survive the entertainment industry.

To be brutally honest, Twitch is not good for the music industry at all. If a streamer has 10,000 viewers and is listening to a song it only counts for one single stream/play/view instead of 10,000 which is what the music industry wants. They want to be able to claim more streams and plays on their songs as that's how they make money.

Twitch is owned by Amazon, which also owns Amazon Music. Amazon needs to purchase rights to a larger range of music for their Music platform. Amazon is a TRILLION DOLLAR market cap company so I think they have more than enough funds to be able to purchase some streaming rights to more songs.

With a wider range of music to play on the Music app, Twitch could implement Amazon Music within a broadcast and can then count viewers towards streams for the Music played.

This will only work if the streamer is listening to the music through Amazon Music. If they are listening to a copyrighted song that's not on Amazon Music, then they should not broadcast unless they want the possibility of getting a DMCA notice. Amazon and Twitch can only enforce what is within their control.

Another solution would be for Twitch to implement and use other music platforms such as Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Music and their streaming rights for music.

Another solution is to use audio fingerprint matchers like Shazam to identify what music is being played in the background. Then counting the streamers viewers as listeners to whatever song is being played.

Overall, Twitch needs to be able to match the music that's being played in a live stream and count the number of viewers/listeners the streamer has. If they cannot solve this streamers will not be able to broadcast while listening to their favorite music without getting a DMCA.

I do not believe anyone within the past few weeks should have any sort of strike or punishment on their channel for past music DMCA/copyright notices.

It would be nice if people earned in their local currency and not in dollars.

I.e earnings in dashboard are converted to the market rate on that day from dollars to local currency.
Wouldn't be hard to do as many other sites do a similar thing.

Then we could get paid in our local currency saving us money as we currently get a really bad deal with fees and currency conversion fees.

At payout, people outside the USA get hit ******* currency conversions!
We have to pay higher fees to withdraw our earnings plus fees to convert to our local currency.

Also the fees for people outside the USA are much higher than for people in the USA as well (scroll down:) https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/affiliate-onboarding-guide#step4

While I recognize that there are already guidelines against harmful/illegal uses of substances on camera, I have come across multiple channels whereas this is exactly what was going on. While I do not make it a job to report each channel I come across that does this, I have recently reported one, solely because there was a **** that was purposely laced on camera. The channel points were titled "joints", the stream time was "wake and bake" and she was clearly getting high on stream (that was not even set to "mature", so any minor could easily jump onto this stream and be influenced in a manner that they should not be, at an early age where they're easily influenced.

While it is not up to the creators to be prime examples to younger crowds, I firmly feel that it is up to Twitch's moderation staff to actively uphold TOS, especially when minors are allowed onto this platform. Creators are also responsible for what they allow on their channels and to be displayed on their cameras, and with that being said, the minimum they could do, is set their channel to mature. If they are incapable of taking responsibility, than should they really be allowed to stream to viewers of all ages?

I have been on this platform for about a year now, and I have have seen creators banned for simply taking a shot of alcohol for every new sub, yet we have creators who have wheels for viewers to spin that dictates how much they drink, still streaming.
I think it is time to start moderating this platform a bit better, with the idea that we are streaming to viewers of all ages. Not just 18+.

I am aware that there are ways that a streamer can incentivize viewer loyalty but if you are screamer that's just getting started and you're relatively impoverished, there's not much you can afford to do and it would be nice if that was something that was built into the system. I have observed other platforms that have things like that in place but they are not as effective as they could be and as how to do that, it's worth the conversation or if you podcast and brainstorming interactions to figure that out.

I guess this is another leveraging moment for another one of my suggestions to improve twitch which was a twitch handler of whom could bring someone like me into a group conversation with other people working at different departments in twitch to figure out interesting and creative ways to do things with more streamlined efficiency then something like me posting here of which feels more like an echo chamber of intellectual impotence then it does a valuable expenditure of my time.

Some of us are exceptional but need a direct line to those with influence within management structure.

Some of us are more valuable for other reasons rather than just a streamer and we are going to waste. You should have people hunting for that sort of person of whom can be a tremendous creative asset to your functionality and increase revenue.

I've been wasting away on social media for 5 years now. I'm not socially acceptable, not a picture perfect marketable product for the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube but a valuable product nevertheless. Just going to waste over here for so many different applications.

I'm all for working hard. There is a sense of absolute pride when you finally succeed after a very long time of hard work and finally hitting the finish line. And my finish line is being able to become affiliate!

But the "Average of 3 viewers" is very bothersome, as well for a few others I have talked to.

I can never tell what it's doing. One minute is almost at .80/3, next thing I know I'm almost back at the beginning. I've got 3 people who automatically host me, I've had random hosts as well, I've had raids before, and yet no matter what I do It never seems to go up. I'm sorry, but it's frustrating.

Everything else is plan and simple and to the point. I know what I have to do, I work on completing it, and that part is always done. This 'Average of 3 viewers' out of EVERYTHING is just absolutely confusing.

So my suggestion is either;
- Change it to make it less confusing. And easier to understand.
- Remove it and perhaps replace it with something else to be able to gain affiliate.
- Or Upgrade it; make it better and worth working for.