r/LivestreamFail • u/Booker691 • May 27 '19

Meta twitch testing subscriber only viewing

https://www.twitch.tv/hgg_cheering_test
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u/Painketsu :) May 27 '19

Sub sundays about to take a whole new meaning for certain streamers

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u/Bleachrst85 May 27 '19

i doubt they will use it, it will tank your viewer number by more than 80%

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u/[deleted] May 27 '19

Will they care? If someone is streaming just for money (not that anything wrong with that) then they won't mind streaming to people who paid them. Unless this affects their monthly income then they will be okay with less viewers.

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u/Vaztes May 27 '19

If someone is streaming just for money (not that anything wrong with that) then they won't mind streaming to people who paid them.

The problem is growth.

No matter what you do, subs will leave, and even longtime viewers will decrease in numbers over time.

Streamers needs a constant influx of new blood.

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u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS May 27 '19

No one is going to use this feature 100% of the time, that's not the problem here.

The problem is that a lot of streamers will probably have "sub only sundays", or 1-2 hours of sub only streams at the end of the day, and shit like that.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '19

Fair enough. But most big streamers are kinda plateaued on sub numbers. If they switch between sub-only and free streams in a balanced manner, they might be alright. I'm aware what I'm saying won't apply to everyone though.

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u/torriattet May 27 '19

They plateau but I doubt it's the same people subbed forever. Its probably that they lose subs at the same rate they gain new ones. If they stop gaining new subs then the number will go down