Twitch \u201cexperimenting\u201d with new way to customize Followed Channels lists TwitchTwitch announced they\u2019ll be trying out a new way for users to customize their Followed Channels list that sorts by viewing behavior instead of simply raw view count. Until very recently, Twitch usually defaulted to sorting channels, including the channels on your following list, by the number of viewers a stream had. The more viewers watching, the higher up on the list they are. Simple as that. This, obviously, didn\u2019t help smaller streamers trying to grow their audience, since even if they are followed, they won\u2019t be at the top of viewers lists who also follow multiple big personalities. Now, Twitch has announced they\u2019re going to be running a new experiment on some users\u2019 Followed Channel lists that \u201cwill sort the channels based on viewing behavior instead of view count, making it easier to find channels and content relevant to you, and support smaller communities.\u201d There\u2019s no word how many people they\u2019ll be testing it on, or for how long. So if you see something strange with your Followed Channels in the next few weeks, you might just be Twitch\u2019s latest guinea pig. It also doesn\u2019t mention how the whole \u201cbased on viewing behavior\u201d thing will work either, but it will probably take what channels you\u2019ve been watching recently into account, and listing them accordingly, not just by how many people are watching right now. We would love to hear your feedback and thoughts on this experiment, so please head over to our UserVoice to let us know: \ud83d\udce3 https:\/\/t.co\/84yBGdQyAa \u2014 Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) December 8, 2020 Twitch has made several changes in 2020, including their less-than-well-received enforcement of perceived DMCA violations by banning streamers and deleting VODs. But at least this new change to Following lists seems like it could be positive for viewers and for smaller streamers alike if it works. 2021 could be the biggest year on record for Twitch, and one of the most challenging yet if trends continue and the site just keeps getting bigger and bigger. As the new year approaches, we wouldn\u2019t expect this to be the last \u201cexperiment\u201d they decide to roll out and test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch \u201cexperimenting\u201d with new way to customize Followed Channels lists TwitchTwitch announced they\u2019ll be trying out a new way for users to customize their Followed Channels list that sorts by viewing behavior instead of simply raw view count. Until very recently, Twitch usually defaulted to sorting channels, including the channels on your following list, by […]<\/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-62301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62301","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=62301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}