For Twitch streamers, yesterday was a day of mixed emotions. On the heels of a successful protest, Twitch launched their annual Subtember promotion (and with it a Subtember Subathon Challenge). While the promotion has, in years past, generally gotten worse and worse – this...
Yesterday, Twitch streamers took #ADayOffTwitch to protest the lack of action as it relates to platform safety and communication. For nearly a month, streamers, most of them part of marginalized groups, have been subjected to malicious attacks in the form of ‘hate raids.’...
Elgato is set to announce new streamer gear tomorrow at their Elgato Event. Elgato has really established itself as the premier place for high-quality streamer gear with their line of capture cards, and now Stream Deck. With that success, they’ve slowly been expanding their product...
This morning Twitch PR sent out an email blast informing the community about an impending wave of new DMCA takedowns. This wave has been lead by the music publishing industry (whereas previous DMCA’s largely came from the RIAA, the recording industry). The email is rife with PR spin and...
DMCA on Twitch has been one of the most talked-about things among streamers for the last month. A mix of confusion, anger, and fear has fully engulfed the community, while misinformation is spreading faster than facts. We’re witnessing a massive failure on the feet of leadership at...
Earlier this week, Mixer announced they were shutting down, and partnering with Facebook Gaming. The news came as a shock to both streamers and staff, leaving thousands of creators unsure of their future. Mixer has always been the fourth option in terms of viewership but was widely seen...
Twitch streamers are waking up to the unfortunate news that they received a DMCA takedown over the last 12 hours. The DMCA’s appear to have been issues based upon clips, some of which are going back as far as 2017. While the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is...
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...
