Many people think "closed captions" and subtitles are the same; they aren't.

CC denotes who is speaking (for ex: "Albert: I think it's rather nice out!").

Subtitles only show what is being said (for ex: "I think it's rather nice out!").

It might not be a big deal to most, but if you're deaf, this is huge. It's literally the difference between something easy to follow (actual CC) versus realtime subtitles that might not even accurately represent what's being said.

I know streaming isn't movie making, but imagine watching, say, The Witcher with the sound turned off, but with subtitles on. Even better, go do it. You'll notice two things quickly:

1) The irony of having to read lips despite having subtitles - it's the only way to figure out who's saying what (this is just about impossible for most people)

2) Strong physical/emotional reactions to things you can't see - because they're loud noises. Or suspicious noises (footsteps in a dark room, say). If you're deaf, you have no idea what the character is reacting to.

It's not only un-fun, but I've actually watched my sister kind of wither when getting frustrated with subtitles. It's difficult to see that and not say something :/

I'm not complaining. Having live subtitles is a wonderful feature. I know it's an inconvenience because of the [cc] you use to refer to the feature. But it's not [cc], and, though we try not to say anything about it, it really does need to be fixed (renamed).

As a creator, I can't truthfully put [cc] in my title's feed because it can't be [cc]'d by realtime subtitles. That means I can't use the tag. That means the deaf and hard of hearing might not find my content. Like my sister, for example, and the deaf friends I've made along the way from being in her life (which includes a couple gamer friends).

It's also dangerous to leave it as-is because people will eventually think subtitles are "[cc]". It will solidify the confusion between subtitles and closed captioning. Then, in the future, when others speak up about this problem, the argument will be: "But Twitch already has [cc]!!!"

Then the "subtitles aren't closed captioning" argument begins all over.

Please, please, please find a way to accurately represent the subtitle feature. I know the mistake isn't intentional. As a dev, I know how important it is to get accessibility right. I also know twitch is a behemoth to maintain, and that nobody can be everywhere at once to catch everything. Which I suppose is why we have these forums :)

Thank you.

The way Twitch currently works, it is very hard for an audience member to know if a stream they are entering could contain flashing images or lights. This is especially dangerous to viewers with a sensitivity to light. It could cause physical discomfort, pain, and in extreme cases death. Creators can be nice and warn their audience, however since new viewers can join at any time it is unreasonable to place the burden of constant warnings on a creator. So how do we fix it?
I propose a new simple feature that can create mass warning and help prevent this issue in the first place
Creators can check a box before beginning a stream that says something similar to "content may contain flashing images/lights." If this box has been marked, when a viewer enters the stream a pop-up will appear displaying the message. The pop-up needs to be closed via an "x" symbol to ensure sensitive viewers see the message. However this can be annoying and offputting to viewers without light sensitivities. On the audience side, a new setting under "preferences" appears. This turns the feature off for those who dont need it. The setting says something like
"Warn me about flashing images on/off."
However the default is the setting on so that light sensitive viewers know about the setting. To ensure non-sensative viewers know the warnings can be disabled, the pop-up also displays a separate message which says "these warnings may be turned off in settings." Lastly some creators may not mark a stream as containing flashing images. While it is impossible to rectify all cases of this it is easy to regulate some of it. If a game contains a flashing light warning and the streamer has selected that game as the stream category than the stream will automatically be marked and warn viewers.
While its absurd to ask creators to be responsible for these warnings as viewers are constantly joining at different points, a new feature similar to this one would improve the lives of many and make Twitch a more accessible platform.

Some people enjoy watching streams of games they enjoy/have an interest in purchasing but don't want to follow that specific channel (for whatever reason).
However, there's a certain little pop-up that covers the bottom portion of the stream, pointing at the follow button, that says "Come here often? Come back to [insert Streamers name here] channel FASTER by hitting that follow button" (with a bunch of hands pointing down at the follow button like we can't see it).

See, some of us just want to watch a stream, chill out and not feel pressured to follow/sub/whatever and I wouldn't have a problem with the pop-up so much IF it only showed up once per stream .. but it seems to show up every few minutes.. pressuring you to follow.. insulting you for not following.. why haven't you followed?.. you're still here, you should follow..
Follow..
Follow..
FOLLOW NOW!!!
WHY HAVEN'T YOU FOLLOWED YET?? You JERK!!!...
...
MAYBE... because everyone has follow alerts. So, IF you follow then you announce your presense, which the streamer tends to try to strike up conversations, and you feel pressure to say more... which is fine and dandy. It's kind of the point of broadcasting yourself. You want interaction. but sometimes, as a viewer, you want to just lurk, and the constant pressure to follow does a number on those with social anxiety who want to .. just Lurk

Loud sounds with streamer store is hurting my, and probaly, others hearing
Beeing someone who watchs streams all day long while using PC, I need to report that some streamers are using the Stream Store in chat to sell audios and sounds with external app linked to the chat store.
I liked the Idea, but now I can watch some streams with this feature, because they are using rocket, fireworks and some loud sounds, this is hurting my hearing, so I NEED to close the stream I was watching and search for another one. I dont want to remove store or something like that, I just think that could be someway to prevent streamers to let LOUD sounds play with store...

As someone with a condition similar to Narcolepsy I am potentially subject to sleep attacks - without notable warning.

As far as i am aware, the current ToS would result in me being potentially banned should i have a sleep attack while streaming and not have a Mod in chat at that precise moment.

I am currently a small streamer (and while that reduces the likelihood of me being reported for 'unattended chat while streamer sleeps' it doesn't eliminate it - and that may change over time), and as such it is not always possible to have a mod lurking around "just in case".

As Narcolepsy is not that uncommon it would be beneficial if you consider the impacts of a "you snooze, you lose (your account)" policy.