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Honestly I think the new TOS is a good thing. They get so much traffic directed at a small amount of streamers just because of all the meta drama. The only worrying part for me was the bit about being banned for off site actions, but they've since clarified it to say that people will only be banned for targeting other streamers off site, which I think is fair enough.
Honestly I think the new TOS is a good thing. They get so much traffic directed at a small amount of streamers just because of all the meta drama. The only worrying part for me was the bit about being banned for off site actions, but they've since clarified it to say that people will only be banned for targeting other streamers off site, which I think is fair enough.
I don't have a dog in this race, but it is interesting.
I can empathize with the intent. Twitch was intended to fill a specific niche, and they want to get it back there. They tolerated the additional uses when there was no reason not to, but that has changed.
I'm not a fan of the methods they are using, but at the same time have no real problem with them. They are very restrictive, and hold the streamers accountable for things that are beyond them. But so what? It's not a 'free speech' platform. It doesn't bill itself as being open to all ideas, or a free exchange of information.
It is a site for videogame-geeks.
I do also empathize with the displaced community. They may not have been invited, but they have made a home. Now they are out.
That sucks, but Twitch isn't really a villain for it.
The internet desperately needs a content agnostic video host. One that does not try to profit from the content, but monetizes in another way. No, I don't know what the other way is, but whoever figures it out is going to be wealthy.
I don't have a dog in this race, but it is interesting.
I can empathize with the intent. Twitch was intended to fill a specific niche, and they want to get it back there. They tolerated the additional uses when there was no reason not to, but that has changed.
I'm not a fan of the methods they are using, but at the same time have no real problem with them. They are very restrictive, and hold the streamers accountable for things that are beyond them. But so what? It's not a 'free speech' platform. It doesn't bill itself as being open to all ideas, or a free exchange of information.
It is a site for videogame-geeks.
I do also empathize with the displaced community. They may not have been invited, but they have made a home. Now they are out.
That sucks, but Twitch isn't really a villain for it.
The internet desperately needs a content agnostic video host. One that does not try to profit from the content, but monetizes in another way. No, I don't know what the other way is, but whoever figures it out is going to be wealthy.
One of the issues I have with a lot of the streamers that I don't see being discussed is the effect it has had on the gaming categories. If you search for streams by game, you will notice that the top 20 or even 30 games never really change. There have always been popular games, but it seems like this has changed slightly over the past year or two. Instead of there being people who want to stream a certain game because they like it or are good at it, or people who stream a variety of games, people are just playing the most popular games on the site because it gives them more exposure to do stuff on stream that is, at the most, vaguely related to the game they're playing.
It may not seem like a massive issue, but the end result is that the most popular content on Twitch is low level entertainment for 12 year olds. It is very similar to what happened to gaming channels on YouTube, in fact. Another issue with this whole thing is that there are some streamers who do not play games and do art, music or IRL streams who actually have really good and interesting streams, but nobody will ever see them because of the drama filled IRL clickbait channels.
One of the issues I have with a lot of the streamers that I don't see being discussed is the effect it has had on the gaming categories. If you search for streams by game, you will notice that the top 20 or even 30 games never really change. There have always been popular games, but it seems like this has changed slightly over the past year or two. Instead of there being people who want to stream a certain game because they like it or are good at it, or people who stream a variety of games, people are just playing the most popular games on the site because it gives them more exposure to do stuff on stream that is, at the most, vaguely related to the game they're playing.
It may not seem like a massive issue, but the end result is that the most popular content on Twitch is low level entertainment for 12 year olds. It is very similar to what happened to gaming channels on YouTube, in fact. Another issue with this whole thing is that there are some streamers who do not play games and do art, music or IRL streams who actually have really good and interesting streams, but nobody will ever see them because of the drama filled IRL clickbait channels.
Those are issues that extend beyond Twitch.
Drama drowns out discussion.
When popularity becomes profitable, appealing to the lowest common denominator will yield the best results.
Those are two laws of nature that explain why we can't have nice things.
In a battle for attention Logan Paul would murder Neil deGrasse Tyson.
It's why I cry at night.
Those are issues that extend beyond Twitch.
Drama drowns out discussion.
When popularity becomes profitable, appealing to the lowest common denominator will yield the best results.
Those are two laws of nature that explain why we can't have nice things.
In a battle for attention Logan Paul would murder Neil deGrasse Tyson.
It's why I cry at night.
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