I can see the reasoning behind that. Subscriber support often says more about how engaged a community is than a single spike in concurrent viewers, so having a mix of metrics could make the Partner path feel fairer. It also reminds me of how some interactive game-show formats keep people engaged over longer sessions rather than relying on one big moment. I recently read about Sweet Bonanza CandyLand, and it's an interesting example of that style of gameplay: https://www.pokerlistings.com/live-casinos/game-shows/sweet-bonanza-candyland. Ultimately, rewarding long-term community engagement seems like a better approach than focusing on just one statistic.

This is good and the new Partner Path is so **** Bad and nosense

Agree with @herokerrey below! With the new Plus Points, someone who is able to maintain X number of self paid subs for X month could be a new metric for Partnership. I mean, arguably, being able to generate revenue is more important to Twitch than an audience!

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An easy change to consider is the plus program as eligibility/a consideration.

You can have 1 person gift subs to the subpoint thresholds, but you cannot artificially do that via the plus program.

This is an excellent way to measure engagement in a streamer's community. Please consider this as another threshold for those who have strong communities!

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612 Avg Viewer, nearly 600 subs, 3000 In revenue. 2 especially good months with strong growth before it. I wouldn't be surprised if I eventually get them to say yes, but it's incredibly frustrating getting templated responses that don't make sense as to why you're being denied a 3rd time.

Echoing the past comment, this has been planned for a while yet nothing has really changed for the ways to get partner. Instead, I hear stories of people with more than the required stats for partner having to send multiple applications to get partner.

This idea needs more attention. "Planned" for over 4 years and still nothing on this?

I can see this going wrong where people can essentially "buy partner"

There is a huge gap between affiliate and partner. I think adding another rank in between would be great. for Example, current partners should be "partner+" and affiliates who are trying hard and have what it takes can be "partnered". Small success leads to the big one. After being an affiliate, it seems impossible to reach partnered...

so by this logic, me with a 12 viewer average and 270 sub points should be partner.
no, partner is MEANT to be hard to get. ****, affiliate should be harder to get too, and that coming from someone who struggled to get affiliate.

Dude I've been sitting at high sub points for months, but sub points mean NOTHING. Hitting viewership in the 100s isn't what I want when I'm so close and connected with my community. Can't we get Partner by bringing in lots of $$ to twitch, isn't that what they want anyway? I just want more emote slots and Partner is the only way to get it, but having to have 75 AVERAGE is insane compared to how much $ some of us can make.
Bring on some different ways to get Partnered please!!

This would feel so much more fair. Average views doesn’t equal money coming in. Average subs, however, does. It’s a no brainer. Partner the ones bringing in the money.

Any update on this?

Checking for signs of life on this idea- it has solid appeal!

Yes please that would be nice for small games that have a very active community.

Planned since 31 October 2018... still no news about it?

This, I have more subs than most of my smaller partner friends (or so I have been told by them). I have a very loyal community, but it is rather small 25-50 average viewers... but I sit at 80-100 sub points for the last 1 1/2 years.

As a small variety streamer, it is hard to maintain interest across genres of games, and it segregates communities, fracturing viewership depending on interest of whatever title I may be enjoying at the time.

I see no reason that gift subs shouldn't count. After all, they count toward all other metrics, such as unlocking emote slots.