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.

Channel Points...I love them already. I do. I'm using them as I'm typing here. One great idea though imo...I really would like it even better if Twitch gave us a bunch of random icons to choose from to use with each custom reward we have. I don't have any custom icons and as a gamer, streamer, and upcoming holiday lover, I don't know about you but, I don't have the money to pay for a bunch of icons at different resolutions to be honest lol. I KNOW alot of streamers will love to have this option as well. My first idea. I think it's a great start :)

Yesterday i had this issue with the Community Gift Chests on my stream and i think this could be a cool suggestion to implement for the streamers who use this feature.

I am a caster of Rainbow Six: Siege and this month we had a Twitch Prime exclusive skin for one of the operators of the game. Prime users could add their skins on the chest and i tried to collect as many as possible for my next cast day. When i wanted to give all the skins (167 in total) i was unable to do so, because the action with the Rainbow Six Siege skin was over. There goes my suggestion: Would be cool if there was a timer or countdown so we can clearly see when the promotion is ending, and we can make sure that we distribute the chest before it's lost.

Being forced to delete an emote and reupload it for approval is unnecessary if we just want to change its name. For example, naming an emote "prefixLul" and later wanting it to be "prefixLUL" means deleting the emote and going a week or two without it while you wait for the exact same thing to be reapproved. The benefits of having a name changing option would be:

A) The new name can enter the approval queue while the emote is still usable under its old name.

B) Approving a name, rather than an emote and a name, is half as much work for those in charge of the approval process.

Future Twitch Project?

Strategic Games Interface Watch - "SGIW"

'Caster can via hand control controller? or maybe mouse of course but it could be a bit to sensitive.

'Viewers Watch through Oculus Rift S V R set -ish ?

Okay if you guys have the funds to invest, could you further invest in partnership with:
Blizzard's "SC2
and Riot Games new "TFT"
or maybe... the AOE games ?
It would further increase your capital if you find the means to make your own controller with direct connection to twitch partners.

I don't know if you already are planning this, but it could be nice :D