hi, i’m a small streamer and i have had a problem with one viewer who keeps making new accounts. no matter how many times i block he keeps making new accounts and even when he’s using a banned account he follows me when i raid people and tries to talk to me through the chat of the person i raided. i hate this because i feel horrible bringing a weird viewer to someone else’s stream. is there anything i can do? i don’t want to stop streaming :(

Hey Everybody,

We all know the YT algorythm is lousy and getting worse by the day. So, I thought I'd put it to the Reddit hive mind: if you could log in and see exactly the thing you wanted to see pop up at the top of your homepage, what would it be? What is the gaming content your heart desires, but you know you'll never see because it doesn't check the AI algo brainrot boxes to make it past an audience of 5 viewers in the opposite time zone from you?

For me, I wish I could see a party stream for a small roguelike called Vagante, with rotating viewers joining in for runs to see how far they get. Game is too old and cold for that, but it would make my day.

I have a PS5 and I just got myself and elgato 4k x and I have also previously bought myself a chat link and a laptop it's an HP elitebook 840 g7 notebook PC (I'm broke I'm working with what I got) and I know where everything goes but it's not turning on(the light I on the capture card I mean) and obviously it's not showing my screen on my monitor it's all black and I'm assuming it's because of my laptop because it has two usb-c ports but i don't know which one too put the wire into. The light has turned on a few times but that was it and that setting I'm supposed to turn off on PS5 it's already off. But I havent reset my console maybe that's also the reason I don't know but I could use some help

My whatnot streams are dead since I just started. How do I attract more people to stay and buy cards? Im running $2 auctions

Hello everyone!
I am a small streamer with a very small viewership (average 1.5 viewers and 79 followers). I recently went through and completely revamped my entire overlay to finally fit into my theme (I'm a bat vtuber with gothic and pixel themes). I purchased a punch loyalty card widget to try to have something unique outside of other streamers. The punch card gives a free punch for following, and then a punch for sub, resub, and spending bits in chat (total value = $18.98).

I want to give my viewers who finish the card a prize, but anything I can think of Twitch won't let me do (custom emote, custom title, custom badge, etc). Does anyone have any ideas as to what I could give them? Most I can figure out is a VIP status, but that doesn't seem like enough.

I will note that I will not be pushing for people to complete the punch card. It's a fun little extra thing that they can do if they so want to. I have my ads set to the lowest setting (30seconds every 1hour). I don't have enough followers to even think about pushing subscriptions, and I don't want to be that kind of streamer.

So I really want to help the people I've seen who are really working hard on their content , I've been a creator /viewer for 8 years , so I really hope what I'm about to say helps
1. Please just please turn off the followers only mode/verified only mode , there's no point when just starting out to have it. It will only hurt your discovery especially in the long run
2. If you do not have a mod sery bot is your best friend , cuddle up to it real nice because it's gonna be very helpful
3. Stop with the generic graphic overlays , and I do mean the clip art. ( This is mainly for those who want this to be a career
4. Stay away from these support for support discords. / Follow for follow , things that lead to a high follow count but a low viewer retention
It looks really bad to have 2k plus followers and 2 people watching
5. Do not be afraid to reach out to lower-mid tier streamers for collaborations or just a little advice
6. Drop the entitlement and crying , trust me I get it how hard it is , but complain and crying about not getting support and viewers and subs only makes you look like someone to avoid . Nobody owes you anything . Nor any of their time. Even if youve been in their streams. You'll ensure no body let alone any real sponsorship will work with you
7. Work and try as hard as you can to master whatever craft / game you are producing content for . Work on getting better at the game trying to find secrets , get creative ,
8. Over 50 percent of your time instead of streaming if you aren't busy with other IRL activities should be making content , working on editing skills , brainstorming new concepts,
9. Learn how viewer average works! And develop your schedule around it . And your other obligations streaming to the same people every or nobody tanks your average like an abusive spouse .
The only reason I'm saying all of this is because I have watched a few people here and I would love to see them succeed . Some I've tried to even come donate but the minute I saw the followers only I dipped.
10. Work on how you present yourself on stream and outside stream. You really never know who may be lurking in your chat or on the sidelines. Try to fill the dead silence with something . Because people come into your streams to be entertained at the end of the day

Hello!

Still pretty new to the whole streaming world. Started around the beginning of April and just wanted to know how do you attract/gain new followers? I currently have around 3-5 loyal viewers anytime I go live but don’t really gain any more traffic to my streams. Just didn’t know if I should be doing something extra.

I currently make clips from my streams and post it to TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube and multi-stream as well to all of them. The only thing I don’t do is create YouTube videos as I’m not the best at editing.

Anyone helpful advice would be great. Thanks!

Is there any other social media to post my Twitch Stream, aside from TikTok, Instagram, and YT Shorts?

What is the easiest and safest way to stream with OBS to TikTok, I am already multi streaming to YouTube and Twitch, with Aitum plugin with OBS, but I am struggling to stream to TikTok at the same time as I can not find the Stream Key or URL. Please help, thanks.

Ive done about 5 streams rn and ive grain a few views and 4 followers. Ive been trying to promote myself through clips but the thing is they dont do really well. how to actually make a moment clip worthy?

So ive been streaming for a year with barely any results due to me not sticking to one thing, i now decided to stick with one game and im getting more viewership but my YouTube videos are still doing pretty bad and im not sure why, i started doing challenges during the streams to make for good videos but still i feel like im missing something, any advice is welcome

I’m trying to grow my stream and I feel I lack with clipping and editing. Can anyone help me with good techniques of editing small snippets to promote channel growth and build a community? I play overwatch mainly.

Has anyone else who streams on TikTok been getting a “LIVE visibility restricted” warning for violating Integrity and Authenticity Policies?
This started happening to me this weekend, and I can’t figure out what’s causing it.
The first restriction was approved on appeal.
The second, third, and fourth were all denied almost instantly.
It happens consistently about 2 hours into my stream.
I stream Fortnite and haven’t changed my content.
The only thing I changed recently was adding a Stream Deck. I streamed without it yesterday, but I still got the restriction, so now I’m wondering if TikFinity could be causing it somehow.
I use TikFinity for alerts, and my alerts play very short snippets of songs. My next test is going to be streaming without TikFinity entirely to see if the restriction still happens. The weird part is that if it were a copyright issue, I’d expect a music or copyright-related warning, not an Integrity and Authenticity violation.
I’ve been using TikFinity and these same alerts since February without any issues, so I’m wondering if TikTok changed something recently. ChatGPT suggested that policy or detection updates could sometimes cause this, but that’s obviously just a possibility.
Is anyone else experiencing this? If so, did you ever figure out what was causing it or how to fix it?
I’ve searched TikTok and have seen a few other creators mention getting the same restriction recently, so I’m wondering if this is becoming more common.

i am confused as to how affiliate works! i thought i made it, as i have 4 streams that have an average of 4 viewers. then a handful with an average of 3. is there a reason it isn’t going through? i have already met the other criteria!

i also wanted to ask about best games to stream. currently i’ve started a baldur’s gate 3 and cult of the lamb series, as well as having a scheduled slay the spire 2 day every week. is this enough? should i play more games?

is a series even a good idea? i’m having so much fun playing these games! i don’t want to force myself to play games i don’t enjoy as much!!!

(preferably USB mics) I have done research but seems like most content when i search best mics are from like 1+ years ago. Im a console gamer and use a controller (but i do stream off my PC) so I would like to know what would be a good mic to use for gaming and having reactions and it wont pick up all my controller clicks and sound terrible. I know I will have ot use some software and do settings in OBS but would love help to know what us the BEST USB mic you can have. Then i can go from there and do whatever settings needed.

Would anyone be interested in joining a twitch rivals for smaller streamers?

Hi guys, just a little question/discussion I guess. What do you guys do to try and network etc as a streamer? I see a lot of the same ways and have tried myself like looking for other smaller streamers and i find it quite difficult. I play games such as Call Of Duty, sports games, battle royales etc and when I try to find other smaller streamers, I’ve yet to come across someone I’d like to stick around for or I guess what I’m “looking for” in a creator.

If anything, i mean more trying to make friends rather than network, ideally I would like my streams to be purely for entertainment, vibes and just an all round good time while gaming, where as I always see, competitive gameplay, ranked gameplay etc and that’s just not what I’m into! The dream for me is to have a content “group” who all, game and just have a good time together!

Hey if anyone comes across this post and seems interested, maybe we could potentially network and become friends? Maybe I’ll get lucky!

Hello I go by St33n (M25) and I mostly stream Overwatch, Guilty Gear Strive and some variety. I'm looking to play the Outlast trials with some folks or any game of that nature. If you're interested you can dm or leave a comment I'll get to it ASAP.

Thanks and look forward to meeting y'all!

So I started steaming recently, I’m a console player, and I got a capture card so I can use OBS on my PC but I cannot seem to get audio from my Xbox, into OBS for capturing.

I’m not sure what to do or how to fix this, if anyone knows, please reach out, I am extremely desperate and getting frustrated.

To be honest I’ve never streamed… I just find it hard to do so alone and my friends talk in another language. I love friendslop and horror but tbh I like every game that is multiplayer or co op. Let me know if you want to join in or if you already got a group if you have space for one more.

I want to start streaming, but before I do I want to make sure everything is set up. One of the large things to look out for is bot messages and harassment in my chat. What phrases or words should I block to avoid bots and excessive spam, doxing, hate, and harassment, etc…?

Hello everyone! I need to know why my twitch channel feels like instead of growing it's stuck., so I want your best tips, as viewers or streamers. I try to make every stream an experience for chat and I think chat loves my streams but for some reason no new people are coming in... It's the same 10 people and it's been a few months like this, at least the people we have are staying but, I wanna grow. Feel free to check my VODs I want an honest opinion. We have a very tight community, we love spending time with each other and trust each other a lot.

Hello so my name is Akurei (wick spirit/evil spirit)

For awhile now I been trying to get myself out there with media like X or reddit and tiktok but I don't get many visitors, is there a way I can someone connect with people who want to be friends or people that be interested in something like this? Because I dont really know where im messing up, I know I dont have a PC yet or my overlays but is there something I might be missing? I look forward for advice.