Comment on Twitch has stories now, because all social media has to be the same
karlach@lemmy.world 8 months agowithout forcing their fans to follow them on Twitter
Maybe that’s one reason: to keep people on Twitch. If a website’s users are going elsewhere, that is lost attention and a drop in ecosystem reliance/usage. Copying features from an outside ecosystem will give users a reason to stay in the current ecosystem.
Twitter supporting live streams. Reddit supporting follows. All social media supporting likes and favourites. Twitch supporting stories. They are converging on what retains users’ attention.
loobkoob@kbin.social 8 months ago
It's not just beneficial for Twitch, it can be easier for users, too. Right now, if I want to get updates from all of my favourite Twitch streamers, because it can't be done through Twitch itself, I need to have accounts on Twitter, Discord, Instagram, YouTube, Mastodon and Reddit. And I maybe don't even care about their networking, memes, politics, random food photos, or whatever, I might just want to see them saying, "hey, I'm doing a special stream at this date/time" so I know to tune in.
Over a decade ago, I wanted SoundCloud to implement basic text statuses so musicians I followed could just announce things like upcoming releases, that they were working on an album, that they had a tour coming up, etc. They never did, and it still feels like a missed opportunity to me. I want a way to get useful announcements from creators I'm interested in without having to sift through all the noise and without having to use 15 different platforms.