Currently on twitch you can click into a stream that is not live content. As this is the entire point of the website, this is undermining the site. What effect does this have:
- bigger channels deflect views from smaller channels preventing the emergence of new major streamers: the life blood of this platform.
- low effort channels surpass high effort channels that are always live. Particularly problematic are sexual streams on constant loops.
- There are already vod services for watching missed content
- Long term user disengagement will occur in the categories where this is most apparent
- Financial impact will be significant as donations and engagement will not occur for none live channels. This means that all rebroadcast channels are effectively lost money for the platform.