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> They also don't have chats with the 100,000 people watching a channel. What they do is assign people into rooms of 200 people each so you can have a meaningfu
by SaltyBackendGuy 7y ago
> They also don't have chats with the 100,000 people watching a channel. What they do is assign people into rooms of 200 people each so you can have a meaningful interaction in a smaller group. This also helps with scaling. I thought this was a pretty clever strategy.
Just curious if this is still a thing. I've watched an unhealthy amount of Twitch (not all with chat open) and never noticed this.
- savanaly 7y agoI'm sure it's not. Often, the streamer is reading the chat onscreen while streaming, and it's always identical to the one I'm seeing, except perhaps delayed by some seconds.
- doomjunky 7y agoMaybe twitch creates an illusion by showing the streamer only a subset of people that is shared among all other groups. This allows everyone to see what the streamer sees and to communicate within their group.
- mlex 7y agoThis is definitely untrue for present-day Twitch. When you're in a chat room, you're in the chat room with everyone.