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When I heard about the Christmas emotes in December, I felt crushed. As an artist, genAI is unhelpful, far too resource-intensive, and in its current state a plagiarism device. Using genAI instead of an actual artist is inconsiderate of those who train and work hard to create meaningful, interesting works. A machine cannot replicate their experiences.
In fact, the new thumbnails are an unfortunate downgrade. Given Twitch's financial resources, the thumbnails tell me that Twitch does not seem to appreciate artists on their platform after all. Combined with Twitch's recent track record of fixing things that aren't broken - not to mention the lack of open collaboration or communication on updates - they come across more as an insult to artists and other professionals at this rate.
Something needs to be done. Numerous solutions are available (think contests & commissions), but the very first thing should be to replace any and all plagiarized genAI thumbnails. If Twitch truly does care, these solutions should not prove to be difficult at all.
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As a regular Twitch streamer, I have been using VOD uploads for years. They've been very helpful for archiving & documenting my playthroughs, art timelapses, and more. It's also vital for backup purposes, as I like to try to keep at least two backups of things. (If one goes down, another can be managed accordingly - but if I have no way to find a new second, what am I going to do...?)
Twitch's upload feature actually has a lot more usage than it might seem from a glance. I've seen mine actually get actively viewed by VOD watchers - visibility limited only by Twitch's own webpage design.
The feature has a lot of potential to be expanded on as well, for both users' and Twitch's benefit. YouTube has chapter info to mark spots in VODs. I hate to bring this one up, but Twitch could even monetize them with advertising (preferably in a non-intrusive way - unlike the common practice with stream midrolls). Twitch having uploads as a feature makes for a good competitor to YouTube - and if YouTube also becomes unusable, I don't know what else I'll do to secure my archive.
The mention of 0.5% of users using uploads comes off as cherry-picked. I'm among the ones who regularly produce content on the site - alongside a large number of other professional streamers that I've come to know well. From my experience, uploads are valuable and useful, so this trivialization doesn't send the message that Twitch thinks that it does.
The claim that less than 0.1% of watch time is from uploads also feels somewhat manipulated. Uploads aren't given as much visibility as the front-and-center livestreams - but that doesn't mean that people who do know the feature don't take time to watch VODs as well. In other words, the low statistics merely reflect a feature regularly used by professionals that has been relatively buried by Twitch's own designs.
Combined with the relatively very short notice (note that established streamers have streamed for years, not just months), it's not only an out-of-touch decision, but a poor business decision that seems meant simply to save some short-term money. I would understand the decision more had it been an actual necessity for better reasons, but as is, I would propose some other solutions to approaching issues:
1) In this case, give more, not less, to the upload feature.
2) In general, it's good practice to discuss changes with the communities affected. We should be able to actually participate in the solution, rather than feeling like a second priority. Having conversation about the issue and our options makes people happier and more productive in the long term.
- (A good example to reference is how much Twitter has been degrading. A series of out-of-touch decisions made the platform increasingly unusable and hostile. It eventually lost me to Bluesky when it kept aggressively pushing genAI, among many other issues there - all of which had failed to consider the communities using the platform.)There are a good number of streamers who rely on Twitch for income, and uploads are very much a part of their viewership.
I don't plan to immediately start taking down VODs, as I'd like to give Twitch an opportunity to respond to this. I certainly hope that they do, in which case: Thank you for taking time to read our comments, although we do need a more favorable solution.
~ Auburn Arcana
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The feature has not done anything of interest to me, unfortunately. As JaggerGTV mentioned, it mainly creates clutter in an otherwise useful menu without any substantial benefit to the viewer or myself.
If these were customizable in the same way as channel points (enable/disable, custom redeems, etc.), then I can imagine them being appealing. As is, however, I feel the need to set them to maximum price, doing what I can to prevent their use. Having control over one's channel is very important to the viewer experience.
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The Power-Ups don't seem to do anything for me, although they do clutter my channel point redeems. Combined with the removal of icon settings, it defeats the purpose of customization in that part of the channel.
Settings to order the sections and toggle visibility on unneeded ones would be highly useful.
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As a quick follow-up, I still do not want to be represented with this category thumbnail. It does not in any capacity properly reflect what the category is about.
Art theft that steals from a countless number of people via a plagiarism machine is still art theft at its core. It comes across as an insult for Twitch to be using stolen assets to fix something that was not broken to begin with.
Twitch has the resources and means by which to nurture their artists and get something far more useful and meaningful in the process - easily. I strongly recommend that Twitch pursue these means immediately.