r/Twitch

Recently I’ve been debating getting back into streaming and would love to use Facecam again because I feel like overall it helps you connect with your community as well as give something else to look at other than gameplay. With that being said, I have a family to look after and take care of, so I was wondering how streamers, both big and small, protect themselves and their information online from getting leaked. In all my previous years in streaming, I’ve never experienced anything back, which is awesome, but I would also like to keep it that way if possible, so I’m just looking to get a little more educated on this. Any suggestions or ideas help!

This past weekend was my 6 year affiliate anniversary. And instead of being extra happy, i was sad. 6 years and i still have a media of 3 viewers. My boyfriend says that the art category is like that, has low viewer count. But I saw there are streamers that have over 100 in the art category. What improved this year is that people is staying longer with me, but there is no people following and no growth at all. Like, how can I tell is just that there is a lot of competition, or is just that i am not a good streamer and is better to let it go? Thanks in advance for the help.

I want to have some sort of indicator for when I’m talking and also to have a character to make my whole brand about

I've been streaming for about 2 months now, and about a month ago I met a guy in a game of overwatch. Let's call him Bob. Bob found out that I'm a streamer, and he occasionally tuned in.

One important detail about Bob is that he's 19 and me and my friends are all 15 and 16.

Another important detail is that he is "obsessed with making people and objects pregnant." I know, Bob has some sort of weird fetish.

He also used to always say things like "I'm gonna make you soooo pregnant" or "I hit my keyboard too hard, now it's pregnant" and at first I just laughed it off and thought he was just being kinda weird, but it continued.

It was at this point where my friends were all telling me that he was a P3do and that I should remove him, but I remained defending him and I thought he was just a guy with a weird sense of humor.

Finally, it was actually earlier today when I was live that my younger brother (14) sat with me for a bit on the stream, and then he said this: "your little brother is gonna get sooo pregnant when I'm done with him"

I banned him from my stream immediately without a second thought. He is still friends with me on the game we met on, and he's still active in my discord server, but I might take some extra steps in removing him from my life.

Did I do the right thing? Did I overreact, under react? Let me know what you think.

I’ve think I’ve heard some dodgy things abt streamelements

This is an extremely strange issue that, in years of using Twitch, I have never experienced before. I subscribed to a channel during a Twitch Hype Train to get the Hype Train Reward emote, at Level 17, but I got nothing. To be extremely clear:

* This was a paid sub, not a Prime sub.

* It was a fresh new subscription that I paid for, not a renewal.

* I did subscribe with about two minutes left in the Hype Train.

* There were available emotes to collect that I did not own, which I even saw in the Hype Train overview before subbing.

* In addition to not getting a notification, I checked my emotes and do not have anything new.

I'm just completely baffled, because I've been using Twitch for years and this has never happened before, nor can I find any information of it happening to anybody else (the only result online is about someone using a Prime sub). I did do a weird payment method split between what remained of my spendable balance, what remained of a gift card, and then the rest on PayPal, but I can't imagine that would have anything to do with it. At the same time, though, I can't think of any other reason this would possibly happen.

I did write support and they've escalated it, but in the meantime, I'm just wondering if this has ever happened to anyone else or if some sense can be made as to why it happened. Thanks.

I've been streaming on twitch for a few years and i've kind of grown a reputation in the community for having a "bad quality stream" whether its choppy or laggy or pixelated or anything of that sort I cant find good settings on streamlabs for my specs.

Processor AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz

Installed RAM 32.0 GB

Storage 1.82 TB HDD ST2000DM008-2UB102, 119 GB SSD Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series

Graphics Card Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics (8 GB)

upload speed: 216 mbps

I typically stream minecraft on a choppy or laggy 780p output I was wondering if anyone could help me with settings to either raise quality or help the lag.

poor title i know, but idk how else to put it

so I watch a lot of streams, i try to keep up with a bunch of streaks for more points. but ever since like a week ago, twitch has not been saving my streaks.

at first i thought they simply updated it so you couldnt just lurk in a bunch of channels in a bunch of different tabs to keep your streaks.

but just today i was active in a twitch chat and it STILL didnt save my streak. does anybody know why this is happening and how to fix it?

Someone I mod for (they are an affiliate) is showing a subscriber count of -1. Has anyone else ever seen that? I tried searching to see if anyone else had experienced this and I can't find anything.

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I have been experiencing this issue and I was curious if anyone else has recently or has in the past and can give a possible explanation. I have been streaming using the same settings, same internet speeds, and same computer I have used in the past with no issues at all. Suddenly in the last 2 weeks or so I am starting to drop frames like mad. And there doesn’t seem to be any pattern to it. One stream will go on for 3 hours and have no issues or maybe be missing 100 frames total. Then a stream could, from the start, just be dropping 70% frames.

Today I tried to stream, had that issue instantly. Then before I wrote this I did a test stream (3 hours after the initial stream that gave me issues, no changes were made. Same internet/upload speed both times), no dropped frames.

It’s a bit of a head scratcher as I never experienced this before. Anyone else experience this or something similar?

Is anyone on mobile having this same issue? When I watch vods on the mobile app I'm not able to close the chat anymore. I can remove chat during live streams but not on vods. Is it me or is this a permanent thing now.

Best thing I've done streaming wise recently was find a niche category that I really enjoy playing. For me that's indie horror games. I love getting scared and puzzle solving and having chat help me figure out what to do next. It's a genre that seems to really get people engaged. Jump scares make for great clips and social media engagement.

Previously I'd just stream whatever game I was playing at the time. Valorant, Assassin's Creed, Destiny, World of Warcraft. The problem with these games is that the twitch directory is SO saturated for them. Why would someone watch me play any of these when there's hundreds of other streamers to watch who are way more skilled than me?

I still play games like that off stream and found something different that I enjoy playing more when I'm streaming it.

Now I have a small community of regulars who turn up each stream and stay and chat the whole time. I gain a couple followers each time I go live and get raids/give raids to other small streamers in the same category.

I'm sure this is obvious info to many but hopefully it helps someone!

I've been getting more into Twitch lately, but I'm still trying to understand Hype Trains and why people participate in them.

For people who use them regularly:

What makes you decide to contribute to a Hype Train, or not contribute? I feel like there is a barrier to finding someone you want to support. I don't know anyone.

If you don't spend money, do you still feel like you're part of the Hype Train or is it exclusive?

What makes a Hype Train actually exciting or memorable for you? I remember using it years back and I feel like the feature is basically the same.

Also, is the interface of Twitch really overwhelming for anyone else as a whole? Adding hype trains to the chat amongst everything else already going on makes it hard to feel like I can keep up.

Thanks

I stream on an Xbox series x to twitch and around the 3-3.5 hour mark, it always seems to crash when I’m streaming. Is this a common occurrence or is there something I should do to fix it? My internet connection is consistent and stable. I also have no issues until around that point of my stream. Any tips or thoughts on the issues would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!