Twitch announced their new “Safety Advisory Council”, in a tweet and blog post. The Council, comprised of members of the community and experts are tasked with informing and guiding decisions related to safety on the platform. Originally announced at Twitchcon 2019, the (then)...
In the last couple of days, Twitch has shut down two third-party developers’ tools by issuing takedown requests. Those two services are CommanderRoot and Overrustle Logs. As a result of the threat, both services have announced that they will be shut down. In both takedown demands...
Twitch may have just made a change to help address trolls who harass streamers. It’s something that streamers have been asking for for a long time, and it looks to be here! Shadowbans! After testing in three channels personally, and then having three other people try to replicate it...
CES 2020 is in full swing, and some of the tech being announced is mindblowing. Streamer gear has also made its presence felt with several companies launching products for live streamers. Corsair has launched new lights, new keyboard integration, a new capture card and teased a new...
If you’re a broadcaster on Twitch, you’ve likely seen the notification bar at the top of your dashboard. It’s provided a long countdown to the official launch of the new Creator Dashboard. That day is today. At some point in the next number of hours, the old dashboard...
Twitch has just launched a new emote event on the platform, and it’s one of the best ones yet featuring familiar memes customized for the holiday. The event is being called the “Happy HAHAHAlidays”, and features 25 different emotes that can be unlocked through a...
Twitch just launched a surprising new feature for Partners called “Emote Rewards for Bits”. As the name suggests, the feature will reward people who support the streamer with bits in the form of a unique unlockable emote. Previously, the only reward that you would get from...
Twitch Streamer PayMoneyWubby was just suspended in the middle of his live stream. The notorious streamer and YouTube creator was at a restaurant ‘on a date with his chat’, when the broadcast was cut short by Twitch staff. We do not have a clip of when he was suspended. Wubby...
Roughly a month ago, Twitch quietly emailed people about testing a new feature called Watch Parties. Watch Parties, as the name suggests, gives Twitch streamers the opportunity to stream TV and Movies to their audience live. It’s a feature that has existed in other places on the...
The tweets we’ve read from small creators make things loud and clear – you’re angry. It’s understandable anger as YouTube is stripping away monetization from many of your channels. The Partnership program has been open to all since mid-2012, and since then channels...
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