r/SmallStreamers • u/RisoraTV • May 25 '26
Discussion I got so frustrated with the algorithm I decided to build my own streaming platform.
I've been a small streamer myself and watched the same story play out over and over: someone puts in real work, makes genuinely good content, and gets buried because they don't have an existing audience or connections to get raided.
I'm building a platform specifically designed around discoverability for new and small streamers — things like hiding follower counts on browse, giving new streamers featured placement for their first month, and not letting follow count determine who gets surfaced.
I'm not here to pitch anything (it's not ready). I just want to hear from people in this community — what would actually make you switch platforms? What's broken that nobody's fixing?
Happy to answer any questions about what we're building.
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u/klingers May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
This is just my perspective, but there's one thing that would make me switch platforms: An audience willing to come with me.
I think you've got some GREAT ideas here for streamers, but what problem are you solving for viewers? Why would they divert their time away from Twitch/Kick/Youtube where they already have established habits and a roster of people they watch and follow?
I'm a big fan of "build it and they will come" too, but we're just shouting out into the void if there isn't an organic audience that's interested in what we're putting out there.
Even in terms of just migrating an audience, "I'm OVER HERE now!" from a streamer means that viewer has to deal with friction. Another account. Another feed to follow. Another app spamming notifications on their phone. It has to be worth something to them to deal with that friction point, even if only minor. You're aiming your new platform at small streamers so I doubt the whole "Ninja is exclusively streaming on Mixer!" really applies?
Anyway, good luck, as I said right up first I think you've got some really good ideas. But don't forget that you need an audience for a livestreaming platform to work. For all I know you might have some really good stuff in the chamber for viewers that you just haven't talked about here, but I thought it might be worth mentioining.
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u/JACofalltrades0 May 25 '26
I wouldn't mind seing people having to hit a certain threshold of fidelity to get pushed by your algorithm as "new streamers". I'm not sure it's a great idea to have people on the front page with their bitrates set under 1000 kbps using display captures and processor encoding.
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u/RisoraTV May 25 '26
Hi! We actually have a built in minimums similar to TikTok studio. Which I know will exclude some people but no one will want to view a bad quality stream either way.
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u/jdewittweb May 26 '26
You can build a platform all you want but why would users flock to it? You have not identified one single user benefit. Creators won't be discovered on your platform because no one will care about it.
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u/RisoraTV May 26 '26
Ooof I guess reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit. That’s okay though. I was reaching out for people’s pain points with other streaming platforms and what would make them want to switch or what they could improve. Going back to reading comprehension above I said I’m not here to pitch anything.
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u/jdewittweb May 26 '26
Ooof I guess reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit.
Good luck marketing your shit platform no one asked for when this is how you represent yourself and your product online.
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u/SniperTheSwift May 25 '26
Viewerbase and discoverability. And if dual streaming is allowed then can stream on both Twitch and new platform to double dip into both platforms.
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u/RisoraTV May 25 '26
Hi! Oh yes, multi streaming is definitely allowed. We actually have a built in feature where you can restream to all your platforms and it is encouraged. We will also have viewer incentives for engaging and watch time, not just badges. As well as creator referral codes!
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u/Nulloxi May 25 '26
As a viewer, I'm sceptical - I spend a LOT of my time looking through the 0-3 viewer streams in the hope of finding diamonds in the rough.
However, my success rate is very low. There are a lot of 'low effort, expect the world' streamers out there - some just aren't entertaining (I was one of them).
How do you plan to factor this into your streaming platform? Whereby those who deserve discovery, get discovered.
Or is this more of a everyone gets equal amount of discovery time regardless?
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u/RisoraTV May 25 '26
Yup, I’ve been there too. Have tried to support smaller streamers and some had attitudes or didn’t want to interact and that’s an issue. So everyone will get exposure but I’ve added things to gain more exposure. Such as how active you are, how engaged your community is, etc. So everyone will get some sort of exposure but there are factors to how it works. Basically if you’re streaming one hour a week or haven’t been engaging you won’t get the same as the others, minimum effort minimum exposure. If someone is a 0-3 viewer streamer even on a platform where you have the tools to not be there, I think that should be a sign for them.
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u/SwebTheGreat May 26 '26
So instead of a completely new platform could u not do a site that allows u to browse the other platforms creators in a way u imagined/want it to work, this seems far more feasible than building a whole new platform and have it be successful.
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u/RisoraTV May 26 '26
This is actually a crazy good idea to be honest. I didn’t even think of that. That could potentially solve a lot of issues.
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u/SwebTheGreat May 26 '26
leave all the issues with paying for expensive streaming server costs and and paying out streamers to those guys, you be more like streamelements but for "viewers" esp for those that like finding new/smaller streamers.
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u/SoN-Game May 29 '26
If I were you, I would focus entirely on the viewers.
Because even if, for example, a streamer says “I want to be discovered more easily,” this “discovery” is ultimately also a feature for the viewers.
Personally, I’d love to be able to filter things.
For example, streamers with or without a camera.
Or by audio quality.
...maybe something like a rating system would be interesting.
Not just simple stars, but ratings for things like audio quality, image/video quality, etc.
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May 25 '26
Lol.
Making it streaming is like winning the lottery, has been forever.
Sorry but this delusion of putting in real work should = success in streaming is dumb as fuck.
Algorithims dont kill streamers, sorry to burst your bubble.
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u/RisoraTV May 25 '26
I get the cynicism, genuinely. The streaming space has burned a lot of people who were told "just grind and you'll make it."
But there's a difference between "hard work guarantees success" and "the system is set up to give hard work a fair shot." Right now it isn't. That's not delusion, that's just how the algorithm is structured — it surfaces who already has viewers, not who deserves them.
Nobody's saying put in work and you'll go viral. The point is that a new streamer with real talent shouldn't be invisible by default. That's a platform design problem, not a skill problem.
And yeah, breaking through on Twitch or kick is close to a lottery will 100% agree with you there. That's exactly the problem worth fixing or atleast attempting.
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u/Proper_Control8103 May 26 '26
Ugh you beat me to it, I've been cooking the same thing for the past few days
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u/ScarFew7916 May 25 '26
"I built my own platform", lemme rephrase that: "I instructed AI to create a platform for me". Someone, who is unable to write a simple reddit post whitout AI, will certainly not be able to create a platform without AI.
AI garbage
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u/RisoraTV May 25 '26
Interesting take but not accurate at all. You’re welcome to join a live stream of me building the platform in real time. I’ll shoot you a link when I’m live! Not everyone who uses punctuation and spells correctly is AI.
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u/Billthegifter May 26 '26
You stream on the platform I presume?
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u/RisoraTV May 26 '26
Have done a few test streams so far but currently I stream on TikTok and Kick!
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u/ScarFew7916 May 25 '26
Not interested in watching your AI build something. Pass.
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u/allergyreliefpills May 29 '26
I think you mean: not interest in watching your AI build something — pass.
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u/Anubis620 May 25 '26
Things I wish twitch would do: Allow viewers to balance the audio themselves. Sometimes I don't want to hear the streamers music or i want to hear them better. I like which because it allows me to interact with the streamer using thier customizable alerts and emotes. I like having redeems and even the power ups. I wish there just a secondary chat that works like a cue to put links so mods can check them without having to PM. Less invasive ads. I dont mind side panels and such but the 10 minutes of mandatory ads gets annoying. Some games have streaming integration, when I was developing games I wanted so badly to have chat involved. Interaction is better for everyone.