📢 | YouTube Creator Collective, Bluesky 3M Videos, SXSW Chats, and KCIP Updates

Good Monday to you all! Another week with some general updates, but relatively quiet overall. Quite nice if you're trying to keep up to date! So, let's take the spirit of that brevity and jump right into the recap!

PS. If you are in the Twitch DJ Program, can you complete this form? It will help me better analyze the DJ Tax and get a more accurate assessment now that we are 6 months into the subsidy. Thank you!

Platform Updates

🟪 TWITCH

• The StreamElements Sponsor Dashboard is now available for affiliates on Twitch.
• Indefinitely suspended users who successfully appeal may now be subject to six months probation.
• Mikey Minty, the Chief Monetization Officer, and Maya Higa chatted at SXSW about monetization. A great conversation with good takeaways, and there was no mention of Guest Star!
• Twitch's Kristen Murdock and ChelseaBytes discussed Creating Safe Spaces for Women at SXSW.
• CEO Dan Clancy did another of his typical interviews at SXSW, discussing suspensions and why Twitch isn't profitable.
• New Stream Display Ads promoting Twitch Turbo are being worked on.

🟥 YOUTUBE

• YouTube is hosting creator events in every state over the coming months. You can sign up to attend.

⬛ TIKTOK

• Four groups are leading the discussion to buy TikTok, but Oracle is currently the leader in taking over TikTok.

⏹️ DISCORD

• Discord Patch Notes for February cover all the changes, improvements, and bug fixes on the platform.

🔲 OTHERS

• Kick has revamped its monetization levels to make it slightly easier and renamed the KCIP to the Kick Partner Program.
• The startup streaming platform Moonbeam exits Beta and should be generally available today.