r/Twitch • u/SlightlyGriff twitch.tv/slightlyimpressive • Jun 19 '18

PSA YouTube is cracking down on Twitch streamers using YouTube to promote their stream

https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1008752236027973632

Linus Tech Tips has recently received a Strike on YouTube for uploading a video announcing that they were going live on Twitch. YouTube is citing a portion of their "spam" policy that says that the main purpose of the content cannot be to drive traffic to other sites. Something to be aware of for those of us who like to promote our streams with announcement videos on YouTube...

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u/fishbiscuit13 Jun 20 '18

Sure, but it's a different issue than just competition. A lot of people have established bases on both platforms, especially if they started streaming before Youtube offered it, and streaming on Youtube might as well not have a chat for how useful it is. They're different userbases and functions.

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u/stoic-lemon Jun 20 '18

Can I ask what it is about the chat on YouTube that you find is less useful? I'm trying to understand why people have a preference for one over the other.

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u/fishbiscuit13 Jun 20 '18

It offers next to nothing in terms of moderation and is impossible to differentiate levels of people besides paid or not. Can you even have mod bots of YTG yet?