Lurkers need to be counted as viewers
It is very questionable to take away the support the lurkers give. I know a lot of people lurk in many streams and watch them in intervals, jumping from stream to stream. This is especially bad for small streamers, that are now losing their view numbers because of this. Max two streams at the same time to be counted as a viewer, is diabolical.
This will hurt the small streamers in many ways;
-Decreased numbers will destroy motivation and so small streamers will start quitting and their affiliate subscriptions will cease. (statistically there are more small affiliate streamers than big partnered streamers and it is unwise to destroy their numbers)
-Small viewer count numbers sadly push new viewers away. It shouldn't be like that, but it unfortunately is. The false small count does harm.
-Getting affiliate is harder, and so is getting partnered.
-People want to often watch multiple streams or support their friends. Watching multiple POVs is a thing, switching back and forth. Now they need to make a decision to choose only two of their team mates or friends.
-This discourages engangement alltogether.
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