Twitch denies claims platform suppresses CSGO streams despite popularity ValveTwitch has denied claims the platform suppress popular CSGO streams in favor of other titles like Valorant, insisting the game\u2019s esports streams \u2014 which are its most popular \u2014 aren\u2019t recommended to new users because historically, those users prefer other things. The CS:GO community has criticized Twitch after a screenshot from CS:GO caster Alex \u2018Mauisnake\u2019 Ellenberg went viral, with the game nowhere to be seen when new users log onto the site despite it being in the top 10 streams at the time on December 11. \u201cUsing Twitch on a new PC, and they really hide CSGO well,\u201d he said. \u201cOpened my eyes to how much the Twitch algorithm works against CS. Despite the ESL stream being the sixth most-viewed stream right now, it\u2019s not even recommended.\u201d His post gained traction on the CSGO subreddit, which snowballed into a heated discussion between players. Using Twitch on a new PC, they really hide CSGO well. Opened my eyes to how much the Twitch algo works against CS. Despite the ESL stream being the 6th most viewed stream right now, it’s not even recommended EVEN in the Browse > Shooter category \u2013 wtf? @TwitchEsports pic.twitter.com\/3uX082vZ3s \u2014 alex ellenberg (@Mauisnake) December 11, 2021 Tom Verrilli, the Chief Product Officer at Twitch, responded to Mauisnake\u2019s tweet several hours later. He denied the claims, saying: \u201cThis is my first time hearing \u2018Twitch nerfs CSGO,\u2019 but I can assure you it ain\u2019t true.\u201d He explained that when someone loads Twitch for the first on a new PC without signing in to an existing account, the algorithm makes recommendations for brand new users based on what other new users watch. Read More: How to watch IEM Winter 2021 – \u201cIn general, esports channels don\u2019t feature heavily in those not because we don\u2019t love them \u2014 we very much do \u2014 but because tournaments infrequently happen, so they don\u2019t tend to be the channel that someone watches daily, weekly, or frequently.\u201d In general, esports channels don\u2019t feature heavily in those not bc we don\u2019t love them \u2013 we very much do \u2013 but bc Tournaments happen infrequently so they don\u2019t tend to be the channel that someone watches daily\/weekly\/frequently \u2014 Tom Verrilli (@tdrobbo) December 12, 2021 However, not everyone was satisfied with his explanation. \u201cWe can only speculate, but it\u2019s interesting to me that it gives off the impression to an outsider that CS:GO has almost no extra weight associated with it in their algorithm,\u201d wrote one player. \u201cIt\u2019s such a dumb reply,\u201d wrote another. \u201cYou won\u2019t even see CS:GO during a major, and if you click into CS:GO, it again hides it because it doesn\u2019t even sort by views anymore. He can provide as much reasoning as he wants, but it still makes zero sense.\u201d Mauisnake also replied to Twitch\u2019s statement and wrote: \u201cJust gonna say following those retweets\u2026 lmao,\u201d implying he also isn\u2019t convinced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch denies claims platform suppresses CSGO streams despite popularity ValveTwitch has denied claims the platform suppress popular CSGO streams in favor of other titles like Valorant, insisting the game\u2019s esports streams \u2014 which are its most popular \u2014 aren\u2019t recommended to new users because historically, those users prefer other things. The CS:GO community has criticized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}