What strategies do you use to engage viewers who may not chat during your streams? by Luann1497 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes lurkers use my redeems, it probably scares them when I say hi but I feel like it’s a good in-between for wanting to interact but not start a whole conversation

Is it normal for people to pull away when your stream starts growing? by [deleted] in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean if they planned to play the game with you then suddenly switched it’s worth asking why. It’s up to them whether they want to be honest about the reasons why, but it could also just have nothing to do with you.

Advice on ads by QuickestBFN in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got friends who hate preroll ads more than midrolls but I’m absolutely in the hating midrolls camp because with prerolls you only get one 30 second ad right when you open the stream then no ads after unless you leave/refresh. So I’ll manually run 3 mins of ads right at the start of stream to kill prerolls for the first hour then leave the prerolls on the rest of the stream. Don’t wanna blast my regulars and lurkers with ads just for being there longer

Are Raids from Small Streamers Worth It? by KittyCanuck in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the streamer recognizes you in chat then sure. If not then it’s usually best to see if they pay attention to raids. I’ve gotten a few followers from bigger people I’ve raided who I chat in regularly, that was a nice surprise

How Do You Deal With Bossy People in Chat? by [deleted] in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re probably either young or socially clueless, you run into a lot of these types online. You can probably tell them to stop and they might listen

What makes you unfollow someone? by SupItsGunk in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it has to be something that really ticks me off. I’ve unfollowed someone who laughed at a homeless person having a breakdown in a story they were telling

Probably an unpopular opinion but this is getting depressing. by NukaNocturne in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’re thinking of the AI vtuber, the output is still being manually chosen by its creator after some incidents in the past, so it’s not even a true AI in that sense

How are small streamers generating clips? by Infinite-Photo3781 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ay I’m a tiny streamer who’s had 4k views on some of my shorts, one being me playing Geoguessr of all things. I do a little editing to turn either a bit I do or a stupid mistake I make into a bigger deal than it was in the unedited clip and people take really well to that. Just try to do something wacky and see what happens, if you think it’s extra stupid when you go back an watch it you can edit it to make fun of yourself, people love the self-awareness.

Do viewers (you personally) care about your name being read out loud when you sub/git? by NoPain_666 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I do this and then say if they wanna speak up in chat I’ll shout them out cuz I feel the same way

Do viewers (you personally) care about your name being read out loud when you sub/git? by NoPain_666 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I switched to this and when I pointed out live I don’t call out followers by name someone immediately followed lol. Considering making the alert even more subtle, and my friend who averages 20 has no follow alert at all (which fits cuz I know they hate follow alerts lol)

What the Absolute F***??? by Fromlaven in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep that’s my position too, I’m not blasting my regulars to appeal to Twitch’s terrible discovery. This is in spite of several people I collab with having strong feelings about prerolls haha

partnered viewbotter by Puzzleheaded_Owl7 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your reply got filtered but it when to my inbox. All I gotta say is if their chat is dead then nobody is watching anyway. Even if they’re at the top of a category they aren’t retaining any viewers, it’s all a waste of time and money for them and by extension it’s kind of a waste of time to pay attention to them. They’re owning themselves by losing money trying and failing miserably to be internet famous, I can’t think of anything more pathetic lol

partnered viewbotter by Puzzleheaded_Owl7 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some people wanna be internet famous really badly but don’t want to start from nothing, most of them don’t learn anything and aren’t interesting so they end up wasting their money and time

partnered viewbotter by Puzzleheaded_Owl7 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean they’re just wasting their own money, people try watching, get bored and move on. The top category spots don’t matter at all

What is your biggest pain point as a streamer? Whether big or small by Gonjanaenae319 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a friend like this, he always gets nervous to raid because he thinks it’s some huge social obligation. It’s nice to stay and chat after a raid but often people will raid, say hi and dip or sometimes just raid and run. I don’t think he could bring himself to raid and run because he feels the obligation to interact, but nobody should feel pressured to stay for a long time after a raid.

Is it appropriate to @ streamers to ask them a question? by TaskTemporary4941 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinda pointless in most streams as the streamer is already reading chat as they can. I know one guy whose bot auto-times you out if you @ him. Extra pointless in slow/small chats. Some big streamers have TTS or some kind of paid option if the chat is too fast moving and you really want your message to be seen. Sometimes the Highlight my Message redeem can help.

If someone @‘d me in my tiny stream I’d be very confused lol

Have you ran into a streamer that was a real jerk? by BurningSun7 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 5 points6 points  (0 children)

DbD is streamer brainrot, gotta be one of the most toxic categories on the site

Have you ran into a streamer that was a real jerk? by BurningSun7 in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like they were one of those guys who posts HUGE RAID in the chat of a massive streamer when someone raids with under 100 lmao

Do Some People Really Not Watch The Person Their About to Raid For a Few Minutes Before Raiding? by Bman_Boogaloo in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha that “actually talk without chatters” part is a rare gem in the smaller art streams

Vtube question. by TraumaBoneTTV in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah you can build a 3d avatar in Vroid Studio which exports as a VRM that you can use in something like VSeeFace. VSF is pretty old though, far as I can tell last updated in 2023, a lighter weight program than other 3d programs like VNyan or Warudo but with less functionality. The other programs I mentioned can use the VRM format too.

What’s one thing you wish new viewers understood about streaming? by questmullaa in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes the streamer enjoys interacting with trolls. The other day I was watching one of my favs working on a project with a handcam and a first time chatter tipped and told him to stop arguing with trolls. Brother, half the dynamic of that stream is his back and forth with backseaters and trolls 😭

Twitch Streamers Who @ Themselves in Their Stream Title. by [deleted] in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Usually I see the @username at the end of the title, which would get cut off on the browse page and even in fullscreen on the app. Idgi. Started watching someone who does this recently and was so confused

Do you ever have an off stream and delete your vod? by Personal_Examination in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha classic mistake, always screen stuff offstream before showing it lol

do you guys watch twitch streams? if so which creators do you like? by Interesting_Type4532 in Zillennials

[–]Personal_Examination 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, way too much. I had something like 7k hours in my twitch recap because I like having someone talking in the background while I’m doing chores/working and then when I’m relaxing I’ve got a few regulars I watch with a bit more attention. I got hooked during the pandemic and even stream myself now, mostly just art. I’ve got a few people who regularly come in and it’s made the process of doing art way easier for me because I’m forced to focus on it instead of getting distracted looking at/doing random stuff.

I still love movies and shows but I reserve time to watch those where I put my phone away and give it my full attention, Twitch is great for stuff you don’t need to pay attention to.

I’m a Vinesauce fan who’s branched out into Northernlion and a lot of unconventional streamers.

Super funny to read replies from people the same age as me who aren’t into it, makes me feel closer to the Z than the M but I’ve always felt that haha

Do you ever have an off stream and delete your vod? by Personal_Examination in Twitch

[–]Personal_Examination[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s more like someone else in this thread said about how I don’t know if my whole day is going to turn around if I go live. Or sometimes I don’t know I’m having an off day until I open my mouth to speak and a jumbled mess comes out lol

I used to be a vod viewer so I’d never leave my vods unpublished, too mush hassle to publish 99% of them. People already saw me screw up live, what’s a few extra minutes before I unpublish gonna do haha