r/Smalltwitchstreamers

I just started streaming a little while ago twitch / amosamore and honestly how do you get a chat I’ve gotten up to 7 viewers at once but I’ve never had any chats and it gets a little lonely? I’m not really sure what to say and you can only say so much talking to yourself. I’d love some support and help with stuff since I’m kinda new to this. Any tips or support?

I read the rules here and I didn't see any rule against this, but feel free to delete this post if it is not allowed.

I am a developer and admin for an Ultima Online private server. I am looking for someone to play and stream our server for an agreed upon amount of time. We are a fairly low population private server operating on donations only, so I will not be able to pay, but perhaps we might be able to work something out that is mutually beneficial.

I don't know a lot about streaming and how it works and how y'all choose what games you are playing, do feel free to let me know if asking for help like this is frowned upon.

If you are interested, shoot me a DM so we can talk about it a bit more.

Hi everyone,

I’m a very new Twitch streamer trying to build a small cozy/lurk-friendly channel. I deal with heavy social anxiety, so I’m still learning how to talk more on stream and make the channel feel welcoming even when I’m quiet.

For people who started from zero: what helped you improve your stream, get more comfortable talking, and slowly build a real community?

At this point I have to ask an honest question, and this group seems to be the place to ask with its set up.

In my view, the only way to know what you are doing wrong is to get honest feedback. With that being said the last two nights/mornings, i work overnights, I am back to old habits when it comes to curing boredom. I have the habit where I look at places like these where people put up links and promotions for their channels and if I don't plan on following due to my criteria I have I leave a message on their promotion piece telling them why I plan not to. I realize that when people do that they aren't asking for advice but I know if I was to do that I would want people to do that so I know how to improve. When I do so I am not straight out offensive, now I do hit certain subjects hard which are major icks in my eyes and sometimes my mannerisms come off putting. I don't mean offensive but I don't dance around anyone's feelings when I say what I feel needs to be said.

With all that being said, I have gotten all sorts of responses. Some of them people were receptive and understood what I was doing, appreciative for the advice. Some of the people just ignored it, didn't respond, moved on which I am not offended on that. The problem lies in the last group, the butt hurt. I have been kicked from a group on facebook, good riddance, because apparently I was too mean and bulling people for doing this. I was told apparently I had a "problem with women" yada yada yada when I was not discriminatory with how i commented, everyone got the same treatment. I got people who took what I said and took it ask if I was insulting a near loved when I never did so. In order to show people I am not against people doing what I did to them, I posted my own stuff in another post in these groups challenging them to do the same to me. One comment and it was a very common complaint from one person.

I live my life with the mantra of truth, reality, and accountability. I don't sugar coat things, and I want to uplift the small streamer community. It seems many groups have becoming "billboard sites" where people come, drop their links, photos, small blerb post and forget. I understand that no one expects me to do what I do but my thoughts if you are trying to get views you might want to know what others are thinking about your channel. Again I don't know what to think because honestly it is a mixed reception of responses. When I can give advice and it helps, it is a great feeling. When I get the butt hurt, it is the most toxic thing I have ever experienced. I understand again they didn't ask for the advice but it wasn't my mission to offend these people. I certainly don't need the reputation of having problem with women online and trying to destroy communities as I was accused. I don't need the reputation of being a bully as well. Considering all I was trying to do was try to help people grow, it is a morale killer for me.

I know my wife's and I stream is not the greatest and certainly not the greatest received. Over the last month to month and a half we have grown not only in content but stats. Although we aren't getting many follows, we are getting more eyes on our channel and would absolutely love if people would love to grill us telling us why they aren't following if they are coming in. We want to improve but we got to figure out how to turn views and unique views to follows, so that info would be handy. I honestly don't see what I am doing wrong, but I am not going to sugar coat things but not get offensive about it. If there is positive to be said, I do say it and give them kudos where I can. Thing is if they are promoting their streams, they are looking for views. If they weren't, they wouldn't be posting it.

I am a die hard believer that once you post something online and especially public, you got to be ready for everything both good and bad. Not everyone will be as stoked about your project as you are and see what you see in it. I believe echo chambers are detrimental to people and I refuse to join them in the name of feelings. After talking to my father-in-law tonight, he pointed out that most people who post online are looking for that only want good and positive things, but it is the internet and if you post public that isn't going to be the case.

Should I continue or should I stop? I really don't know anymore because the highs are high, but when it gets toxic it gets mentally draining to the point of depression. I am trying to build a brand and I can't have a bad reputation as I try to build. Yes, I do one thing that annoys people on my channel when it comes to the art I use, but it doesn't bleed into our content which seems to be the only thing people are hooked on. Here is the thing, unless you are on youtube, you wouldn't be able to tell. Enough about mine, I am just extremely confused.

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Thank you guys for the support

I reached my goal of 50 followers

Now let's make it 100 followers

https://www.twitch.tv/mobintgr8