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Definitely 100% not true. Discoverability on twitch used to be who has the higher viewer count until they added sorting by “recommended” which is still lacking.

Definitely 100% not true. Discoverability on twitch used to be who has the higher viewer count until they added sorting by “recommended” which is still lacking. Nowadays you still supplement your twitch growth with YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. Here’s a video to back up this point: https://youtu.be/0i9gkprYekI?si=pM_u9-Lt_fBQ3glk https://youtu.be/0i9gkprYekI?si=pM_u9-Lt_fBQ3glk go to 32:00 Purely from a user perspective it’s even worse now that every stream gets an ad before you can watch any of the content. And purely from a user perspective it’s even worse because you have to go by game category then scroll through however many pages of channels there are in the category you’re interested in. They did just add stories as a feature which might help if it’s implemented correctly.

s1artibartfast 3y ago
I guess reasonable people can agree. There are a number of things I like about twitch. Top is searching by games. On YouTube I'm lucky if my results are related streams at all, where on twitch, it is 100% the game I wanted ranked high to low. I also Like the raid mechanic for finding new streamers. Last, I like the twitch community where I find streamers because they are hanging out in other stream chats-something I have never seen on YouTube
- lovehashbrowns 3y ago
  Oh did you mean purely for finding livestreams? I think that’s where the disconnect is. Yeah if you’re just looking for livestreams to watch it’s way different because YouTube has always been really exceptionally bad for that. Content creators bank on getting a video or short recommend where they mention their stream. I do agree on the twitch raid system too. It’s especially useful for smaller communities that tend to support each other and have relatively similar content.
  - s1artibartfast 3y ago
    I mean't finding new streamers you are interested in seem much easier for the user on twitch, for the reasons I mentioned.
    - lovehashbrowns 3y ago
      Yeah for that we can absolutely agree on. Sorry about the misunderstanding!

s1artibartfast 3y ago

I guess reasonable people can agree. There are a number of things I like about twitch. Top is searching by games. On YouTube I'm lucky if my results are related streams at all, where on twitch, it is 100% the game I wanted ranked high to low. I also Like the raid mechanic for finding new streamers. Last, I like the twitch community where I find streamers because they are hanging out in other stream chats-something I have never seen on YouTube

lovehashbrowns 3y ago
Oh did you mean purely for finding livestreams? I think that’s where the disconnect is. Yeah if you’re just looking for livestreams to watch it’s way different because YouTube has always been really exceptionally bad for that. Content creators bank on getting a video or short recommend where they mention their stream. I do agree on the twitch raid system too. It’s especially useful for smaller communities that tend to support each other and have relatively similar content.
- s1artibartfast 3y ago
  I mean't finding new streamers you are interested in seem much easier for the user on twitch, for the reasons I mentioned.
  - lovehashbrowns 3y ago
    Yeah for that we can absolutely agree on. Sorry about the misunderstanding!