I think these watch stream streaks need major improvements for a few problems I have encountered since the watch streaks were started between November and December 2023.

For example: Almost a month ago back in February 2024, there was one streamer I regularly watch (who I will keep anonymous) had some internet issues on their stream and it caused a lot of people to lose their big stream streaks, including me, from a combination between the internet problems and Twitch combined. I would've had a 100-day watch stream streak on March 8th, but because of that, my streak was reset. I originally had an 88-day watch stream streak the day the incident occurred, but because of that incident, I lost it along with many other viewers who had 70-plus to 80-plus streaks too. I feel that that isn't fair to a lot of people who are regular viewers to have that happen to, not just one channel in particular, but multiple across the entirety of Twitch as a whole that I have experienced and seen. Whether that's something as minor as an internet issue with a streamer, which shouldn't be their fault in any way or the one to blame, or Twitch glitching out and having issues to making viewers lose their watch streaks.

Here are my ideas/suggestions to improve this feature since it's still in the "Experiment Phase":

1. We, as the viewers of different channels, whether we're streamers or not, should be given the option to skip a stream or something similar implemented that won't affect the streak. For example: if you miss one stream, then it doesn't count towards the streak, BUT if you miss a second one, then it resets.

2. If a streamer has internet issues or another issue comes up either on their end or on Twitch's end, whether you were present or not to that stream when the incident occurred, then there should be an option or an exception that doesn't count towards any viewer's watch streak and resets it.

3. We should be given the option to be able to "Salvage" a watch streak even if we were to lose it, whatever the case was that made us lose it. Similar to like a "Get out of Jail for Free" card in Monopoly. This could be an idea/suggestion that if a viewer wants to get their watch streak back instead of resetting and having to start over like for those of us who had humongous watch streaks in the problem I mentioned above and my experience, then there's a way to do that. Again this can depend on each viewer per channel if they want to do that option.

These are my ideas/suggestions for how the watch streaks can be improved here on Twitch to make this feature a positive experience rather than a negative experience for both viewers and streamers alike. It also can make this feature stand out and not be a copy or similar to that of Snapchat's SnapStreaks. I would like to see if these ideas/suggestions that I have provided can be implemented into the next Twitch update if this were to be a permanent feature going forward after the "Experiment Phase" is over.

If whoever the feedback team is and the team that is working on this feature would take the time and read my feedback and take these ideas and implement and use them, that would be greatly appreciated. This would make a lot of viewers and streamers very happy for those who care about their communities, and choose to use this feature on their channels going forward.

Thank you for your time and consideration in reading my feedback and let's make this a reality with the ideas/suggestions that I have provided!