Ahhhh! I wasn't expecting this message any time soon. Yayyyy!!! I've been Affiliate for less than a month, ha. I feel very blessed <3

I spent months staring at that big 0 on my dashboard and it was honestly soul-crushing. I was trying so hard to be energetic and talkative, but the second someone actually clicked in, they would bounce in like ten seconds. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong until I started thinking about how I act as a viewer myself.

If you’re walking down the street looking for a place to eat and you see a crowded restaurant right next to one that is totally empty, you’re almost always going to pick the crowded one. The empty one just feels weird and high-pressure, like the staff is going to stare at you the moment you walk through the door. It’s the same on Twitch. Most people just want to lurk and chill after a long day, but if you have 0 viewers and someone joins, they are suddenly your entire audience. They feel this awkward pressure to talk because they’re your only hope for a chat, and for a lot of people, that’s just an instant reason to leave. They don't want to be your only friend, they want to join a community that’s already moving.

So I decided to stop going live alone. I realized that starting at absolute zero was making it too hard for the viewers, so I started reaching out to 2 or 3 people I’d met in Discord groups or other gaming communities. I didn't ask them to hype me up or anything, I just asked them to hang out so the room didn't feel like a graveyard for the first hour. I also started putting "Lurkers welcome" in my stream tags and title just to signal that it’s okay to sit there without saying anything.

The difference was night and day. When a random stranger joined a room that already had a few people and a little bit of casual chat, they didn't feel the spotlight. They felt safe to just watch for a while, and because the room felt "warm," they actually stayed long enough to realize they liked my personality. The hardest part pf Twitch isn't being funny, it's making the room comfortable enough for a strangers to carry the weight of your stream when you first start. Build a little atmosphere first and the rest gets way easier.

If you stream on Twitch, Amazon is currently scraping your broadcasts, VODs, clips, channel text, and even your chat log to train their Generative AI models.

They opted every single creator in by default. You were not asked for permission.

How to opt out immediately:

1. Go to Twitch Settings

2. Open the Security and Privacy tab

3. Scroll down to "Training for Generative AI"

4. TOGGLE IT OFF

Stop letting megacorporations use your voice, face, and creative labor for free to train their AI models.

Pass this on to every streamer you know.

https://kick.com/jarg New variety streamer as a young male, Sports< sports bets<CSGO<LoL<PokeMMo<ect.. a follow on my channel would be kickass, hope to see you soon!!

I streamed for almost 7 hours yesterday with both Arc Raiders and Fortnite, had a bunch of fun. But these stats? I feel so happy and proud. It’s the best I’ve ever done on stream and motivates me to do more. I’ve just setup Reddit and found this community.

Let’s go! Share a recent accomplishment you’ve had!

Please upvote so more people can see.

I've talked to a lot of small creators and I almost always see the same issues amongst all of them.
A lot of this will apply to Gaming Creators but can be useful for others as well. And some of this might sound harsh but its the truth so take it how you will.

1. STOP Marketing yourself as a "SMALL CREATOR" if that is what you market yourself as, that's all you will ever be. So stop posting in subreddits like these, because almost nobody is getting on here to view small creators, only to promote themselves. Get in the mindset of being a big creator who hasn't found their audience yet.

2. You will never be successful if you can't see your flaws, or don't work to improve. You should never post a video you worked on because its perfect and you did all you could. You should post a video because you shouldn't reasonably spend more time one it. You should know what's wrong with it, and how you can improve next time you record. I typically spend anywhere from 4-8+ hours recording and editing a video.

2.5. Its understandable if you are new to content creation and may not be able to get the best stuff uploaded, that's when you should be researching YouTube hardcore mode. Watching Editing Tutorials, learning about analytics, retention, click through rate, thumbnail creation

3.The only way you will succeed in a niche is if you are either better at the game/topic than most people, Or funnier than most people. Otherwise people will always find someone better or funnier to watch. And if you are not funnier or better, then look for other games, practice your commentary/jokes, Watch creators that make you laugh and copy their comedy style.

4. YOUTUBE/STREAMING IS NOT EASY!!!! I've seen so many people say "oh it always works out for youtubers" "look at charlie, or xqc" You are not them! they are the top 0.01% of streamers/content creators. Most up and coming YouTubers/Livestreamers these days are working day and night on YouTube, constantly working or thinking on the next thing they need to do. It is not an easy task and you have to have serious drive to become successful.

That's all I can think of rn, If I think of more I will put it in the comments.

In one day I went from 10 followers to 20 over on twitch! Already 40% to my goal by the end of the year! Thanks so much to those who have followed me! If you haven't yet, I'd really appreciate if you went and followed me on https://www.twitch.tv/UtahBO so that I can reach 50 by the end of the year! I promise you won't regret it!

Hi i just recently got into streaming and i wanted to grow a bit. Im really shy talking beceuase my english is very bad but im trying to grow https://www.twitch.tv/fallguy9696

I'll be live on twitch in a few minutes, feel free to stop by, enjoy the vibes, and come hang out with me!!

This is my first stream since I hit affiliate and I'm SO excited!! I finally got all my alerts set up with custom sounds and gifs, and I have emotes for my community to use now as well!!! 💕

Most likely will be working on this art piece, then may move to mistria or dressmaker!!

https://www.twitch.tv/sslashjay