I was one of the test sacrifices with the twitch app. I had that update for 3 months. Ive talked about it no one believed me. I also put in a ticket for twitch at that time. Now I get 50 emails a day saying someone commented on it. We finally all suffer together.
Wait yeah did this just come out for people? I never use twitch but I’ve been seeing the new layout for months, I don’t mind it other than I wish it opened to your list of following not some random stream
First of all, thank you for your testing, consequential suffering and reporting. Now let me go find that report, I want to send you an email :) Edit: Found it, I think! And really, how could they have known that the platform with the strongest focus on viewer retention and long(est) form content would suffer from adapting practices aimed at short form with abysmal viewer retention. /s It's like Volkswagen adding propellers to their cars because helicopters are seeing increased sales.
2015-2020, it felt like companies just kinda figured out the internet and the differences between desktop and mobile. Truly the Information Age. My dad opened his Bible app during church and it *played a 2 minute un-skippable AD*
Hell yeah, he should take solace in if God as Christians believe him to exist truly does, any one who made the app with the express desire and intent to worldly benefit off the most sacred desire of worship to the Lord shall be put in eternal damnation for their heinous sin of greed and heretical exploitation of faith (same as the evangelical crowd with all their mega-churches and what not) While I am not a religious man, it pisses me off seeing other people's beliefs capitalized and sold for profit
@@shadowsonicsilver6 It was for some solitaire gambling app, very cheesy actor shouting “HEY ARE YOU LOW ON MONEY?” To be fair, he should have silenced his phone, but he also wasn’t expecting his Bible to start offering gambling lessons
@@heckingbamboozled8097 because management and "decision-makers" only see numbers, and have zero (heh) interest in knowing about the context for those numbers
They took away the ability to copy chat messages on mobile a while ago and that was the point I stopped updating the mobile app because I knew it would end in more horrible stuff I would have to deal with.
The reason UI that works gets redesigned every few years is because the people who make the UI are justifying still having a job. Theres no reason to fix things that arent broke.
Think of seeing 7 shallow videos about a topic vs. 2-3 videos explaining that topic. Just know that you scrolling=money, so you should pay extra attention to folks that kill that instinct to scroll (like Thor)
This reminds me of the guy who said in chat "I'm so used to watching you in shorts, that I instinctively scrolled when you finished your sentence." Probably the vibe they were going for. lmao.
The irony of watching this clip on RUclips and instinctively scrolling once he finishes his particularly important dialogue only hit me after I had already scrolled to the next video
Y’all scroll? I didn’t even realize that was a feature until I accidentally did it… I have yet to do it on purpose. I figured it was one of those weird things that someone decided to add but everyone just disables it or doesn’t pay attention to it, like with autoplay
Nooo see it's beautiful... This way viewership is spread out amongst a bunch of small streamers and reduced to larger ones so they get to pay out less money overall and trigger the dopamine reaction of scrolling to something new
Seeing it go down, then immediately shoot back ups gonna be the most common thing for sure. People go to twitch for long form anyways so most may just need an adjustment period anyways
I like it more because when ads come on you can minimize the screen and go to the original screen where you scroll through channels and watch on while the ads play out muted then just expand the screen when ads are done
Thank god I haven't updated Twitch on mobile for over 2 years which somehow weirdly led to not ever seeing an ad on it again. Don't know how this makes sense but I obviously won't update it till my phone breaks, especially after hearing this
I don't even watch streams with more than 100 viewers, I like to find cool people with no viewers and have a conversation. Met a few really good friends that way
It's even more amazing how when I return to the app after some time, the app reserves empty space for the stories tray at the top, even when I'm in a completely different section where it shouldn't be.
Exactly. Which is a fundamental part of how I used the app. I was already pissed off when it started autoplaying dumb shit when I open the app, now I'm just like, fuck it, uninstalling.
The current twitch update feels like switching between channels to find something to watch when television was revelant. It's a nice sneak peek to a channel instead of just opening and closing channels manually. Atleast it's better than the discovery tab on desktop that always felt weird to use.
@@zacksmith9305 The Beginning and the End. Everything that starts has to stop eventually. But then it starts again. So, is there really a beginning and a end?
I personally don't mind the mobile app, specifically for that reason. I enjoy supporting smaller streamers, following, donating if I can, that kinda stuff
you have now discovered that just because someone is successful doesn't mean they're smart, they have no braincells and they all just sit there and copy each other because "something worked for them therefore it'll work for me too"
I know I'm in the minority but I like the update, It finally brought discoverability to Twitch, clips will be more important now that there on the front page to, I've already followed a few because of a good clip
Man as someone who will watch your short at least 2 times either because I’m showing someone or saving it to use the knowledge later I would probably sit in your stream for a while without even realizing it 😂😂
Im putting everyone on game, when an ad starts, just go to picture in picture mode, play the add and watch the stream on the «live» section until the ad is done. This update is great
Another positive of the update is you can return to the homepage and watch someone's stream and let the initial ad be paused if the moment is important, that aspect is rly nice, sadly it doesn't keep playing on mute, but it does make ads a little more bearable
I only ever scroll when I've found a new channel that I like. I'll go to the shorts page *of that channel* and scroll until I can literally scroll no more.
@@BFedie518 This right here. It is in fact how I consume YT in general for the vast majority of time: I got to channels I subscribed to, add new videos I care about to Watch Later, then go through at my leisure.
I kind of like it.: • it doesn't give you ads in the short form, and it typically loads up your most watched followed channel who's live. So you can see what they're doing and decide if you want to watch. - But, it is inconvenient that seeing your follow list now takes more clicks. Not being able to see what everyone is streaming kinda sucks. I think it's good for casual users of twitch. Who may only use it once a week or so or who are bust. For those who just want to quickly see what their favourite streamers are up to without opening the app and then closing when they get ads upon opening a stream.
We’re all conditioned to just scroll our lives away. Sad. One of your previous shorts you mentioned that your shorts are like land mines that remind people to stop scrolling and get off shorts, this is one of those. Thank you Thor, your service is valuable beyond measure o7
Was trying to watch on twitch last night and had two separate streams audio playing at the same time, then after closing and reopening the app, I had the same stream's audio but overlapping itself with a slight delay. Super fun and great.
I think its fine. I get to see what my entire follow list is up to, without ad interruption with either prerolls or ad breaks in a quick way. Maybe I have some different version where its showing me my followed streams first before suggestions?
I wish they had implemented a scroll system for like trending clips instead. That would actually be a good way of finding streamers you don't normally watch. But it's likely that whatever's happening at any given moment during a smaller stream won't be enough to convince you to watch the streamer, you'll just scroll along (or go right to the actual stream you opened the app to watch)
I will say there is one nice thing about the new mobile app: the creator tools are now closer to the amount of functionality desktop has, although it's not all the way yet. The rest of the new interface though...
I like it because i can easily find the channels i follow that aren't online, when before I always had to look for awhile before I remembered where that's hiding.
One thing that companies should probably do is measure the impact of their changes *for different segments of the population*. Most everyone does A/B testing on UX changes, but I doubt they test them for new users, long-time users, and content creators separately.
i think if it were an option that they added instead of replacing the home page with it then it would actually be gud for that reason, that u can actually find small streamers
The mobile app being leaned more towards finding new smaller content creators is actually really cool and needs to be pushed more, but they can definitely do it a bit better with how it's set up.
I LOVE the new app, and how the inescapable autoplayed stream (which has literally NEVER been the stream I was launching the app to watch) will usually continue to play in the background, meaning I get audio from two streams at the same time. Another FANTASTIC feature is how I have to minimize or close the stream I want to watch and then reconnect to it, which also resets the pre-roll ad flag. Average 12-16 ads if I want to enjoy a stream without immediately blind-subbing to the channel.
I remember hearing you explain how twitch is better for live content than RUclips and that RUclips is better for shorter content and trying to make them interchangeable would be a bad idea, but here we are
I think the scrolling feed should be an *ADDITIONAL* option and not a home page replacement. RUclips knows this, which is why Shorts are a separate tab you have to click on yourself.
For my experience, I’ve actually liked it because I have also found smaller streamers that are really cool while scrolling through Twitch, but I think it has something to do within the algorithm when you’re watching a smaller streamer because when you watch a smaller stream more of them will pop up on your feed but it’s probably because smaller streamers have a more tighter knit community than others
I instinctively pause and watch whenever I see Thor now 😂, it's a bit when u watched tv and this random show u don't follow is on but u stop and watch it anyway. 😂
I've heard 1 positive message about the new update of it being easier to just leave the stream, as when you leave the stream it stops completely instead of making a small window (which fun fact it still works with twitch in audio only mode)
As someone who watches both you and Flats almost exclusively through shorts this makes me chuckle because I woukd absolutely do that out of muscle memory.
The Update is definitely more of a mobile friendly UI, like it feels made for mobile. But I think everyone's just so used to how it was that it feels strange
I like it because it has the vibe of easily flipping through tv channels to find something to watch, seemingly without having to worry about preroll ads. To me it's a way of deciding what to watch and eventually clicking on it to get the full twitch experience with it. I don't think you're meant to just sit there and commit to watching it in vertical view. It's not perfect obviously, there's extra steps to searching for somebody you're following which is annoying. But I think I see the vision.
My favorite part is getting recommended streams in languages I don't speak and never ones I do speak. Also, there used to be a feature that let you specify the languages that you spoke, but that had to be axed as it made the UX better.
I was one of the test sacrifices with the twitch app. I had that update for 3 months.
Ive talked about it no one believed me.
I also put in a ticket for twitch at that time. Now I get 50 emails a day saying someone commented on it.
We finally all suffer together.
Yaaayyy. Suffering.. Together.. as a community. Just the way they like it.
If only they listened to you before it was too late xD
I feel you XD
Wait yeah did this just come out for people? I never use twitch but I’ve been seeing the new layout for months, I don’t mind it other than I wish it opened to your list of following not some random stream
First of all, thank you for your testing, consequential suffering and reporting.
Now let me go find that report, I want to send you an email :)
Edit:
Found it, I think!
And really, how could they have known that the platform with the strongest focus on viewer retention and long(est) form content would suffer from adapting practices aimed at short form with abysmal viewer retention. /s
It's like Volkswagen adding propellers to their cars because helicopters are seeing increased sales.
2015-2020, it felt like companies just kinda figured out the internet and the differences between desktop and mobile. Truly the Information Age.
My dad opened his Bible app during church and it *played a 2 minute un-skippable AD*
truly what the lord always wanted
Hell yeah, he should take solace in if God as Christians believe him to exist truly does, any one who made the app with the express desire and intent to worldly benefit off the most sacred desire of worship to the Lord shall be put in eternal damnation for their heinous sin of greed and heretical exploitation of faith (same as the evangelical crowd with all their mega-churches and what not)
While I am not a religious man, it pisses me off seeing other people's beliefs capitalized and sold for profit
Was it NSFW related? Please tell me it was NSFW related.
@@shadowsonicsilver6 It was for some solitaire gambling app, very cheesy actor shouting “HEY ARE YOU LOW ON MONEY?”
To be fair, he should have silenced his phone, but he also wasn’t expecting his Bible to start offering gambling lessons
@@Bailey_West Sounds like the only one praying for those two minutes was the gambling company preying on desperate people to pick up a gambling habit.
What I hate is it's not optional. Not to mention streams inherently don't lend themselves to the catchiness of short form content
Streams are literally meant to be the antithesis to short form content. I don't understand twitch leadership
@@heckingbamboozled8097 because management and "decision-makers" only see numbers, and have zero (heh) interest in knowing about the context for those numbers
I use Xtra, a third party Twitch app. There's no reason to use the official one imo.
@@swagnemite-dl3sz oh there's a better app? Great cause I looked just now and immediately uninstalled Twitch because FUCK THAT
@@swagnemite-dl3szWhat's that like?
I love how the end of the video is "as eveyone instinctively scrolls" and then i indeed scrool past this short.
And then the "...shit" as he realizes what he did 😅
It's a real challange for large corporations to not make something worse, especially if it's for mobile.
niko
They took away the ability to copy chat messages on mobile a while ago and that was the point I stopped updating the mobile app because I knew it would end in more horrible stuff I would have to deal with.
Oh Discord...
UX Designers gotta show a reason why they're getting their paycheck.
The reason UI that works gets redesigned every few years is because the people who make the UI are justifying still having a job. Theres no reason to fix things that arent broke.
Good thing I always watch your shorts twice. Once to hear the message and a second time to hear your sweet sweet voice
This 👆
I watch thrice just in case I missed a ferret the first two times.
I love that instant realization of the instinct to just scroll and brainrot.
If only we could identify what system causes more engagement=more money to trump better engagement=more money
@@AdDelayed???
@@AdDelayedI'm sorry what?
@@Jinsoku440 it's a piss-drunk joke about capitalism giving incentive for mass engagement vs. meaningful engagement.
Think of seeing 7 shallow videos about a topic vs. 2-3 videos explaining that topic.
Just know that you scrolling=money, so you should pay extra attention to folks that kill that instinct to scroll (like Thor)
That "s**t" at the end was priceless
This reminds me of the guy who said in chat "I'm so used to watching you in shorts, that I instinctively scrolled when you finished your sentence."
Probably the vibe they were going for. lmao.
people say that in chat all the time, and it never ceases to be funny.
I hit the down arrow key
when I was actually watching on twitch, after he said a dialog and a motivational sentence I instinctively swiped up
That "sh*t" was personal
Found thanks. And exit.
It was perfect comedic time.
Its adequate
That realization at the end is perfect 😂
That "shit" at the end is pure gold
The pause is what makes it. And it had me HOWLING.
One thing i guess i like is when an Ad pops up in the stream, i'll just continue it in its reel form until the ad is done playing.
App CEOs out here trying to legitimately kill off every mobile version of everything ever
It's more that there's really stupid people in charge of product at most of these companies
Come on now, they're just trying to make mobile browsers better..!
discord, youtube
“Aw shit I just finished the important dialogue” lmfao
The irony of watching this clip on RUclips and instinctively scrolling once he finishes his particularly important dialogue only hit me after I had already scrolled to the next video
Thor: "......... shit......."
Personally, I just wait till video progress bar finishes before I scroll to the next video.
Y’all scroll? I didn’t even realize that was a feature until I accidentally did it… I have yet to do it on purpose. I figured it was one of those weird things that someone decided to add but everyone just disables it or doesn’t pay attention to it, like with autoplay
@@Abigail92749 I’m talking about RUclips shorts
Came here to comment this, only realised half a second after I scrolled when his dialogue naturally closed lol
Queue in Caeser saying " Oh Noooo" in the end 😂😂😂
Funniest sarcastic "'oh wait' realization" ever.
Genuinely had me laughing loudly.
*Pulls a drake and stops laughing to say "I needed that"*
I wouldn’t care if it was an option to go to, like the shorts tab on RUclips, I just wish there was still the old home page too.
It turns out the Pavlovian conditioning has backfired
That's ruff 🐶
Nooo see it's beautiful... This way viewership is spread out amongst a bunch of small streamers and reduced to larger ones so they get to pay out less money overall and trigger the dopamine reaction of scrolling to something new
I like the self own realization at the end.
Flawless punchline delivery
Seeing it go down, then immediately shoot back ups gonna be the most common thing for sure. People go to twitch for long form anyways so most may just need an adjustment period anyways
I thought “it actually will work” was a flex that Thor is 80% of peoples shorts feed so when you swipe him away, he’s just there in another short 😂
I read this without scrolling, so i went to check, and lo and behold, the next short was just another one of his. XD
@@sgr_sean ...
Can confirm, another piratesoftware short came up next.
Another datapoint.
Not for me, apparently. Oh well. I can just rewatch this one.
Watching the neural pathways form in real-time is just.....*chefs kiss*
the reference to that one guy who tried scrolling on the twitch stream a while back 😭😭
I like it more because when ads come on you can minimize the screen and go to the original screen where you scroll through channels and watch on while the ads play out muted then just expand the screen when ads are done
Yea but, it seems like they're trying to fix things that ARE NOT BROKEN
This.
They're trying to be tiktok
Thank god I haven't updated Twitch on mobile for over 2 years which somehow weirdly led to not ever seeing an ad on it again. Don't know how this makes sense but I obviously won't update it till my phone breaks, especially after hearing this
The new mobile app update is absolutely atrocious. I'm damn near about to uninstall it and never go back.
bro just use revanced and patch that shit you'll never regret it
Do it. They only listen if enough don't use it
do so it will save you money if you cross the bridge and twitch will have to think about there actions
Twitch mobile app was an unusable piece of garbage for a very long time, this is just another nail in the coffin
@@zhmyh6599 eh, it was fine before
I don't even watch streams with more than 100 viewers, I like to find cool people with no viewers and have a conversation. Met a few really good friends that way
The comedic punchline at the end 😂
The only good thing about the update is having your drops inventory be accessible in-app instead of only redirecting to a browser tab.
The only change I like is being able to see your followed channels while they are offline. Stupid that they never had it before
They did have it before, you just had to scroll down to it
They’ve had that for years
I’ve got news for you.
They had it its further than the clips were now its all one collum
Ironically with the update I initially thought they REMOVED the ability to do that because it got put into a menu instead of being on the main page.
It's even more amazing how when I return to the app after some time, the app reserves empty space for the stories tray at the top, even when I'm in a completely different section where it shouldn't be.
What killed the update for me is they removed useful features like continue watching, showing upcoming streams, etc.
Exactly. Which is a fundamental part of how I used the app. I was already pissed off when it started autoplaying dumb shit when I open the app, now I'm just like, fuck it, uninstalling.
The current twitch update feels like switching between channels to find something to watch when television was revelant. It's a nice sneak peek to a channel instead of just opening and closing channels manually. Atleast it's better than the discovery tab on desktop that always felt weird to use.
When I doom scroll on youtube shorts I always stop and do not continue when I find one of your shorts.
Thor tends to be the start point of my doom scrolls
@@TheKayechthe alpha and omega if you will
@@zacksmith9305 The Beginning and the End.
Everything that starts has to stop eventually. But then it starts again. So, is there really a beginning and a end?
That's why he does it, "landmines"
I personally don't mind the mobile app, specifically for that reason. I enjoy supporting smaller streamers, following, donating if I can, that kinda stuff
Why tf is every company trying to implement scrolling into their apps? Even godamn Spotify did it. I'm not kidding, Spotify implemented scrolling.
you have now discovered that just because someone is successful doesn't mean they're smart, they have no braincells and they all just sit there and copy each other because "something worked for them therefore it'll work for me too"
I assume because tiktok blew up so quickly, causing everyone to copy it
Good question, I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon started doing it.
@@zletteAmazon already has it. It's just a little more hidden
They didn't?
Works for me like I'd expect. I think it might be the only app that hasn't murdered its UI.
I know I'm in the minority but I like the update, It finally brought discoverability to Twitch, clips will be more important now that there on the front page to, I've already followed a few because of a good clip
Man as someone who will watch your short at least 2 times either because I’m showing someone or saving it to use the knowledge later I would probably sit in your stream for a while without even realizing it 😂😂
"Why is the short not looping? It's like he's going on forever..."
The only thing I like about this update is the fact that you don't get ads if you watch the steam in *Shorts* mode.
The problem is that that is the main page, that should've just been a new page and the old one should have stayed the main page
The only plus is that if I find a streamer I like thru scrolling…. No ads
Im putting everyone on game, when an ad starts, just go to picture in picture mode, play the add and watch the stream on the «live» section until the ad is done. This update is great
I sure do love not hearing what the streamer is saying
@@tonyhakston536 then go watch the add then wtf whos stopping you
Another positive of the update is you can return to the homepage and watch someone's stream and let the initial ad be paused if the moment is important, that aspect is rly nice, sadly it doesn't keep playing on mute, but it does make ads a little more bearable
I’m here from just RUclips honestly and you’re one of my favorite creators.
I prefer this update because it allows me to go to my followed streamers even when they're not streaming.
Jokes on you, I never scroll on youtube shorts
Don't wanna get infected with random community posts
I only ever scroll when I've found a new channel that I like. I'll go to the shorts page *of that channel* and scroll until I can literally scroll no more.
...I didn't even know you CAN scroll on RUclips shorts
same i rather scroll on the homepage looking for a good short then scroll while in the short cuz thats just meh.
@@BFedie518 This right here. It is in fact how I consume YT in general for the vast majority of time: I got to channels I subscribed to, add new videos I care about to Watch Later, then go through at my leisure.
The important thing is, thst I dont want to scroll further when I see you 😂
He's absolutely right (I don't use Twitch)
and please don't use the mobile app for it either
I kind of like it.:
• it doesn't give you ads in the short form, and it typically loads up your most watched followed channel who's live. So you can see what they're doing and decide if you want to watch.
- But, it is inconvenient that seeing your follow list now takes more clicks. Not being able to see what everyone is streaming kinda sucks.
I think it's good for casual users of twitch. Who may only use it once a week or so or who are bust. For those who just want to quickly see what their favourite streamers are up to without opening the app and then closing when they get ads upon opening a stream.
omg lol the ending
I mean it looks cool and props to whoever made the Ui but it just feels like it’s harder to find what you want versus before.
We’re all conditioned to just scroll our lives away. Sad. One of your previous shorts you mentioned that your shorts are like land mines that remind people to stop scrolling and get off shorts, this is one of those. Thank you Thor, your service is valuable beyond measure o7
just brainlets are conditioned to scroll, stop perpetuating the lie.
Was trying to watch on twitch last night and had two separate streams audio playing at the same time, then after closing and reopening the app, I had the same stream's audio but overlapping itself with a slight delay. Super fun and great.
gotta love how instead of fixing any of the bugs they spent resources on making the ui more confusing
I was boutta say "bro that's NOT a good thing for YOU" as he realized😂😂
One positive on the update is my app doesn’t crash 2-3 times a day anymore, but I gotta go searching for my normal channels I view
It is nice that I can preview content now before clicking on it and being forced into an ad
I think its fine. I get to see what my entire follow list is up to, without ad interruption with either prerolls or ad breaks in a quick way. Maybe I have some different version where its showing me my followed streams first before suggestions?
Funny thing, I never use the scroll feature on yt, I just see what is on my recommendations and proceed to watch that instead.
I wish they had implemented a scroll system for like trending clips instead. That would actually be a good way of finding streamers you don't normally watch. But it's likely that whatever's happening at any given moment during a smaller stream won't be enough to convince you to watch the streamer, you'll just scroll along (or go right to the actual stream you opened the app to watch)
The irony of watching this on RUclips shorts is not lost on me
I scrolled at the wrong part of the short and had to come back
The only good thing is that i can check some streams without ads
I will say there is one nice thing about the new mobile app: the creator tools are now closer to the amount of functionality desktop has, although it's not all the way yet. The rest of the new interface though...
I like it because i can easily find the channels i follow that aren't online, when before I always had to look for awhile before I remembered where that's hiding.
One thing that companies should probably do is measure the impact of their changes *for different segments of the population*. Most everyone does A/B testing on UX changes, but I doubt they test them for new users, long-time users, and content creators separately.
Hell no the new update blows, i feel like i cant get back my favorite streamers without going back to the catagory they stream in.
The only thing i like is it doesnt play ads while in the scrolling view
Meanwhile RUclips only shows this guy, sometimes twice in a row
"Shit..."
As he flying up on my screen 😂😂😂
I HAD to come back to comment
They should seperate the scrolly stuff as a different tab
It can still be there, but not replacing the main page that already worked
i think if it were an option that they added instead of replacing the home page with it then it would actually be gud for that reason, that u can actually find small streamers
The mobile app being leaned more towards finding new smaller content creators is actually really cool and needs to be pushed more, but they can definitely do it a bit better with how it's set up.
You know that the scrolling thing was already there … on its own tab … They didn’t add a new feature they removed one and made this mandatory…
I LOVE the new app, and how the inescapable autoplayed stream (which has literally NEVER been the stream I was launching the app to watch) will usually continue to play in the background, meaning I get audio from two streams at the same time. Another FANTASTIC feature is how I have to minimize or close the stream I want to watch and then reconnect to it, which also resets the pre-roll ad flag. Average 12-16 ads if I want to enjoy a stream without immediately blind-subbing to the channel.
They should keep the scroll feature for clips but it definitely shouldn't be the homepage
The moment the update turn twitch into tik tok I stoped using the mobile app which sucks ‘cause I like to listen to streams while doing chores
I remember hearing you explain how twitch is better for live content than RUclips and that RUclips is better for shorter content and trying to make them interchangeable would be a bad idea, but here we are
What a beautiful callback to that previous RUclips short
I think the scrolling feed should be an *ADDITIONAL* option and not a home page replacement. RUclips knows this, which is why Shorts are a separate tab you have to click on yourself.
The real purpose of me installing twitch on my phone is to get notified if someone is live
For my experience, I’ve actually liked it because I have also found smaller streamers that are really cool while scrolling through Twitch, but I think it has something to do within the algorithm when you’re watching a smaller streamer because when you watch a smaller stream more of them will pop up on your feed but it’s probably because smaller streamers have a more tighter knit community than others
Finally my procrastination in updating apps has helped me
I instinctively pause and watch whenever I see Thor now 😂, it's a bit when u watched tv and this random show u don't follow is on but u stop and watch it anyway. 😂
I've heard 1 positive message about the new update of it being easier to just leave the stream, as when you leave the stream it stops completely instead of making a small window (which fun fact it still works with twitch in audio only mode)
That’s what I was trying to tell my friend when he said the new update to the app was a good idea like TikTok and shorts
As someone who watches both you and Flats almost exclusively through shorts this makes me chuckle because I woukd absolutely do that out of muscle memory.
I love the realization followed by the “shit”. 😂
I like that I can watch a stream without ads because you're not registering as a viewer unless you click on the video
The Update is definitely more of a mobile friendly UI, like it feels made for mobile. But I think everyone's just so used to how it was that it feels strange
One positive is that you can watch without the ads at the strait I guess but it’s really annoying when I’m trying to watch the glorious ashtra gore
As a small streamer i am glad it is showing me when i stream
I like it because it has the vibe of easily flipping through tv channels to find something to watch, seemingly without having to worry about preroll ads. To me it's a way of deciding what to watch and eventually clicking on it to get the full twitch experience with it. I don't think you're meant to just sit there and commit to watching it in vertical view. It's not perfect obviously, there's extra steps to searching for somebody you're following which is annoying. But I think I see the vision.
My favorite part is getting recommended streams in languages I don't speak and never ones I do speak.
Also, there used to be a feature that let you specify the languages that you spoke, but that had to be axed as it made the UX better.
I like the scroll because when I open twitch it just feeds me tarik vct reactions, which is the only reason I watch twitch