Happy Easter, and welcome to this week's recap! One of the things I enjoy about writing these is sharing some of my thoughts about the creator industry, as well as openly talking about my own business with you. Today, you get the latter. I've recently been thinking about the value of this newsletter and its growth. Subscribers like yourself often express their appreciation for the newsletter, which means a lot to me. Creating value for creators has been my focus since I began posting platform updates on Twitter in 2018.
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This edition of the newsletter is sponsored by Streamloots! More below on how they help creators monetize! But, now, let's get into the recap!
Platform Updates
🟪 TWITCH
- New Global Emote FeverFighter stems from St. Jude.
- Ad earnings estimates now appear within 12 hours, instead of 72 hours.
- Twitch may soon allow account creation and login through Google, Apple, and Amazon accounts.
- Last week, I said this was a rumor, but it was confirmed shortly afterwards that the 100-hour storage limit has been extended until May 19th. They've also increased bulk selection from 20 to 100. Note: They appear to have broken YouTube uploads visibility settings, such that they always appear Public by default.
- Twitch will now automatically apply Gambling CCLs to specific content, like slots.
🟥 YOUTUBE
- Combos, a way to rapidly tap and send multiple Gifts, has launched for vertical streams in the USA.
- A new Culture & Trends report covers the world of Virtual Creators.
- YouTube is seeking live streamers and podcasters to join its Creator Research Feedback group.
- YPP creators can now enable the auto-dubbing feature, which automatically translates videos into multiple languages.
⬛ TIKTOK
- TikTok is adding Footnotes, their version of Twitter's Community Notes.
🟦 DISCORD & TWITTER X
- Discord is testing DM Wallpapers for Turbo users. Additional details.
- Discord is being sued for violating child safety laws.
- Discord Quest decor you unlock will now remain in your inventory for a longer time.
- Twitter will soon be removing the current Direct Message system and replacing it with xchat.
🔲 OTHERS
- Patreon is launching live streaming directly on its platform. Check out my video, which discusses the details and shares some of my thoughts.
- Kick announced that it no longer requires exclusivity for Partners in their hourly paid program. However, you will earn 50% less from that hourly payment during multistreams.
- Digiday interviewed Kick cofounder Edward Craven.
Creator Industry News
- Streamlabs Cloudbot now supports Kick streaming.
- 80%+ revenue split, bi-monthly payments, and you own your audience—with Streamloots, you can set up custom interactions, subs, and exclusive auctions for your community! Make monetization fun and engaging, go check out Streamloots.com!
- Lurkit provided an update to their Terms of Service in light of the suspension of several creators from using their service.
- Bluesky is reportedly set to introduce account verification as soon as Monday.
- Kajabi released its State of Creator Commerce report. Good read, and very nicely designed!
- OpenAI is reportedly building a social network connected with ChatGPT.
- Beehiiv, the newsletter platform, has added podcasts as a new feature.
- Fourthwall now offers multi-currency options for memberships.
- Neptune is beta testing its TikTok-like platform. Another one...
- VidCon released its first round of industry speakers in the Creator Track.
Creator Stories
- BillyGoat, BPala, and CozyZozie three-way won the title of Luminosity Gaming Rising Stars.
- KumaMonster is walking from York, UK, to Twitchcon Rotterdam, 565 miles walked in 35 days.
- Gawr Gura is graduating (retiring) from Hololive Productions.
- Smii7y has become an investor and part-owner of Gamer Supps.
- Kyedae has announced an indefinite break (retirement) from streaming.
- Herokerrey, Goobers515, SpringSims, StephofAnime, and Imperial each received donations of $5,000+ from Twitch's Community Team to support their St. Jude's charity fundraising efforts.
- Aftermath wrote about how One True King (OTK) has lost its way.
