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Gourd @gourdcaptain6/14/2024, 5:03 AM

Vega Baby - VTuber Tour Guide @VegaBaby

noted ear-haver @rachelmae6/13/2024, 11:58 PM

so Twitch rolled out a new feature you can't turn off

if someone really wants to shit up the chatting and viewing experience for everyone else on my stream they're gonna have to pay up

raw icons are here if you wanna use them yourself. you can also yell at Twitch about this here

#Fuck Twitch

Vega Baby - VTuber Tour Guide @VegaBaby6/14/2024, 4:40 AM

I guess this is to emulate the superchats on Youtube, which is a system I'm not familiar with? Anyway, they're hugely disruptive, and while I'm fine with disruptive redeems on stream, I'm not a fan of having zero control over what shape those redeems take.

That there's no way to shut them off, and also zero customization beyond setting prices, is patently absurd. I could see myself getting use out of a channel point-like bit redemption system, but not if it's forced upon me in a single specific form.

Also the base prices for all of these are sub-$1?! It's nightmarishly spammable, and they didn't even give anyone warning that they were implementing this. I'm very fortunate that no one in my audience abused this today.

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in reply to @rachelmae's post:

Misty @dog6/14/2024, 12:05 AM

Wow this sucks.

Foxhack @Foxhack6/14/2024, 2:04 AM

Awesome, instant stream seizure attack for everyone

🃏Clip🃏@ArnoldArmadillo6/14/2024, 2:45 AM

Love it when Twitch implements new features that seem solely designed to make both the streamer and the viewer's experience even more deeply obnoxious.

Cassandra Matthews @ctmatthews6/14/2024, 8:21 AM

just hooked these icons up to my stream, thanks for making them. fuck twitch

@sulfurousacid6/14/2024, 10:57 PM

Should say "use this and you're banned"

noted ear-haver @rachelmae6/14/2024, 11:10 PM

there's only so much you can fit in 28x28 pixels!!!

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Frown @incrediblefrown6/14/2024, 8:40 AM

oh is that why the ui was so insistent on showing me the three lingering bits in my account where channel points usually go

Vega Baby - VTuber Tour Guide @VegaBaby6/14/2024, 9:06 AM

Yep! Rolling it into the space where Channel Points are supposed to be is also a real problem with it!

By the way, new issue with this I found out about after the fact: All of these new features just don't show up in VoDs! So if the streamer reacts to it and someone looks back after the fact, they'll see a whole lot of nothing. It's very strange and feels half-assed in its implementation on basically every level.