Twitch now offering way to \u201cbuy\u201d Affiliate & users aren\u2019t happy about it Twitch \/ Pixabay \/ StickPNGTwitch has drawn the public\u2019s ire once again, this time for offering streamers a new way to earn Affiliate \u2013 one that involves enrolling in a paid subscription to Monstercat Gold, a music record label that\u2019s partnered with the platform. To say 2020 has been a tumultuous year for Twitch publicly might be a bit of an understatement; on numerous occasions, the company\u2019s decisions have seen them face backlash from the masses on social media. Amid all of the controversy surrounding DMCA strikes and the like, the platform has now rolled out a new way to earn Affiliate status as a streamer, which gives you a subscription button, emotes, and a lot of other perks that partners get, albeit on a much less lucrative scale. The difference with this new path compared to the traditional one is that it\u2019s behind a paywall \u2013 a $5 monthly subscription to Monstercat Gold, who partnered up with Twitch to offer this new fast-track to Affiliate. How to get Twitch Affiliate with Monstercat Gold To take advantage of this new path to Affiliate, all you have to do is simply sign up to the Monstercat Gold service and have it be active on your Twitch account for 30 days. Set up your Twitch account (if you don\u2019t have one already) – Visit the Monstercat Gold sign-up page – Click \u2018Join Monstercat Gold\u2019 and follow all of the instructions to sign up – After your Gold account has been active for 30 days, go to \u2018My Gold Features\u2019 and click \u2018Apply for Twitch Affiliate\u2019 – Wait for a reply email from Twitch getting you started in the Affiliate program – Those who already have an active Monstercat Gold subscription for at least 30 days prior to this being announced can apply for Affiliate immediately. Twitch facing backlash for this feature Predictably, Twitter swarmed with naysayers of this idea lashing out at Twitch for essentially allowing aspiring streamers to purchase Affiliate status, something that others have had to earn on their own by meeting the platform\u2019s requirements. As a streamer who put the time and effort into becoming affiliate I have to say.. pic.twitter.com\/xaCksKUwrs \u2014 Dann (@DannJust) November 17, 2020 Wow twitch\u2026Mixer tanks & you decide \u201chey, we also want to be a massive failure! Let\u2019s tell streamers to mute their games cuz we can\u2019t figure out DMCA, oooh and let\u2019s also make our Affiliate program pay to play!\u201d Legit don\u2019t know if I ever want to stream on your platform again \u2014 geekdadvstheworld (@geekdadvs) November 17, 2020 Hot take. This is a dirty and disgusting move and drags the status of Affiliate through the mud. There has to be a better way to hype up a combo like this without just handing Affiliate out for some cash. Forget having to work to advance, just toss money at the problem. pic.twitter.com\/yFy4tTeB7H \u2014 KensGobbleSpot (@KensGamingSpot) November 17, 2020 The \u2018pay to play\u2019 aspect of this feature isn\u2019t the only thing that users have chimed in against \u2013 others have accused Twitch of pushing a narrative that feels like a false promise to streamers who don\u2019t get many viewers. \u201cTelling broadcasters who have 0-2 viewers that they are \u2018closer to making a living\u2019 on Twitch if they buy your product is misleading, exploitative, and irresponsible,\u201d wrote \u2018Fruitbats,\u2019 a streamer on the platform. You have to realize that twitch has never cared about their content creators. They use the DMCA apocalypse as a way to farm profit \u2014 THUMP (@THump) November 17, 2020 However, not everyone has a huge issue with this paid fast-track method; others, like popular content creator chocoTaco, have pointed out that the requirements to get Affiliate are so low and easy that this new feature is of no major consequence. no offense to twitch affiliates, but the complaints about this are ridiculous. the requirements for affiliate are 50 followers 3 concurrent viewers and 8 hours streamed\u2026not to mention buying affiliate status doesn\u2019t get you viewers. \u2014 chocoTaco (@chocoTaco) November 17, 2020 Incidentally, this isn\u2019t the first such option that Twitch has offered aspiring streamers. Back in March of 2020, popular music service, SoundCloud, announced a similar partnership with the streaming platform, allowing those who subscribe to any of their paid services to get a fast-track to Affiliate status. Interestingly enough, however, that announcement didn\u2019t get nearly the negative attention the Monstercat partnership has received, perhaps due to the timing of this new one being in the midst of the DMCA controversy that\u2019s taken over the platform. So, we\u2019ll just have to see what becomes of all this as 2020 draws to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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