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Not that I agree with this practice, but I've heard from people who stream on twitch that if you are streaming on their platform, you cannot stream to you-tube,

Not that I agree with this practice, but I've heard from people who stream on twitch that if you are streaming on their platform, you cannot stream to you-tube, d-live or other platforms and keep the affiliate/partner status which allows viewers to subscribe and donate via twitch currency to you. You may stream to multiple platforms at once, however you lose your ability to be verified on twitch by being an affiliate/partner. I see more and more of the large platforms taking this route and removing the verified/special perks for being on that particular platform if you are not keeping your content exclusive to them, in an attempt to keep the largest market share/content creators. In the end I think this will only drive the more independent creators to adopt smaller and more open platforms and the big platforms that are left will be an echo chamber more than ever.

nmussy 7y ago
AFAIK this only applies to partners who sign a contract with Twitch, but I assume there's some wiggle room, like in the revenue sharing. Affiliates are only forbidden from streaming on Twitch and other platforms simultaneously [0] [0]: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/twitch-affiliate-program-faq https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/twitch-affiliate-program-fa... (Q. What do you mean by exclusivity for “Live Twitch Content”?)
chmod775 7y ago
They are afraid of other platforms, because they know their business will take a serious hit if there's ever serious competition. The cut they take off of subscriptions and donations is absolutely shady and unjustifiable. Add to that the long list of twitch "anti-features" and they're on a good course to become to Quora of streaming sites. Can't wait for just lurking to become "members only". Twitch would die in a heartbeat if they allowed multi-streaming (streaming to multiple platforms at the same time). Their product is too easily replicated and most people don't care about the platform - they follow their favorite content creators.
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mosselman 7y ago
> Not that I agree with this practice, but ... http://www.beresources.co.uk/everything-before-but-is-bullshit/ http://www.beresources.co.uk/everything-before-but-is-bullsh...
- jstanley 7y ago
  > Apologies to those of a sensitive nature for the graphicness (is that a word?) of the headline. However, it is true. The meaning of this excerpt would be exactly the same if the word "but" were used instead of "however" (which is, I suspect, why it was worded in this clumsy way - to avoid "but"). Are we to conclude that the author doesn't actually give a shit about the "graphicness" of the headline?
  - cdelsolar 7y ago
    what?
    - jasonlotito 7y ago
      The article is titled "Everything before ‘BUT’ is Bullshit." Basically, if you say but, whatever preceded it is bullshit. It calls people out for using it. So, when the author writes: "Apologies to those of a sensitive nature for the graphicness (is that a word?) of the headline. However, it is true.", it shows they aren't actually apologizing. Why? Because the word "however" could be changed with "but" and it would effectively be the same thing. Basically, that statement in the article is, according to the article, bullshit and combative.
archi42 7y ago
> In the end I think this will only drive the more independent creators to adopt smaller and more open platforms and the big platforms that are left will be an echo chamber more than ever. In an ideal world: Yes. In our world? Hm,... My intuition says "no".
UserIsUnused 7y ago
yes, but calling something "partner" or affiliate" is not the same as calling "verified"

nmussy 7y ago

AFAIK this only applies to partners who sign a contract with Twitch, but I assume there's some wiggle room, like in the revenue sharing. Affiliates are only forbidden from streaming on Twitch and other platforms simultaneously [0] [0]: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/twitch-affiliate-program-faq https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/twitch-affiliate-program-fa... (Q. What do you mean by exclusivity for “Live Twitch Content”?)

chmod775 7y ago

They are afraid of other platforms, because they know their business will take a serious hit if there's ever serious competition. The cut they take off of subscriptions and donations is absolutely shady and unjustifiable. Add to that the long list of twitch "anti-features" and they're on a good course to become to Quora of streaming sites. Can't wait for just lurking to become "members only". Twitch would die in a heartbeat if they allowed multi-streaming (streaming to multiple platforms at the same time). Their product is too easily replicated and most people don't care about the platform - they follow their favorite content creators.

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mosselman 7y ago

> Not that I agree with this practice, but ... http://www.beresources.co.uk/everything-before-but-is-bullshit/ http://www.beresources.co.uk/everything-before-but-is-bullsh...

jstanley 7y ago
> Apologies to those of a sensitive nature for the graphicness (is that a word?) of the headline. However, it is true. The meaning of this excerpt would be exactly the same if the word "but" were used instead of "however" (which is, I suspect, why it was worded in this clumsy way - to avoid "but"). Are we to conclude that the author doesn't actually give a shit about the "graphicness" of the headline?
- cdelsolar 7y ago
  what?
  - jasonlotito 7y ago
    The article is titled "Everything before ‘BUT’ is Bullshit." Basically, if you say but, whatever preceded it is bullshit. It calls people out for using it. So, when the author writes: "Apologies to those of a sensitive nature for the graphicness (is that a word?) of the headline. However, it is true.", it shows they aren't actually apologizing. Why? Because the word "however" could be changed with "but" and it would effectively be the same thing. Basically, that statement in the article is, according to the article, bullshit and combative.

archi42 7y ago

> In the end I think this will only drive the more independent creators to adopt smaller and more open platforms and the big platforms that are left will be an echo chamber more than ever. In an ideal world: Yes. In our world? Hm,... My intuition says "no".

UserIsUnused 7y ago

yes, but calling something "partner" or affiliate" is not the same as calling "verified"