RIH Hype Chats, OBS 30 Update, TikTok Drops, Noice and Vtuber Awards

I'm tracking a couple of big stories - one about Amazon (with a direct Twitch connection) that you may see me tweet about later today... as such; I'm keeping this intro short! So, let's get right into the news!

Twitch News

• Follower emotes are now available to all creators. Previously, they were conditional on having Instant Upload Eligibility.
• Hype Chats are being killed off, but the functionality will be folded into Bits. Premium members learned about this back in August!
• Channel Editors now have access to the Clip Editor.
• Twitch is running a Hype Challenge for Partners in France. There's also indication they will be running one in Germany, and the UK may also be poised for one.
• The Women's Guild is hosting a Raid Train from today until November 22nd. During that time, over 80 women and femme/nonbinary creators will raid one into the next.
• Bloomberg covered the Twitch CEO's plan to charm angry streamers.
• Passionfruit wrote about an article called Big Oil and the US Navy: Interesting Advertisers are Recruiting Young People on Twitch.
• GameSquare will stream its quarterly earnings call on Twitch with Ninja.
• Xbox streamed a live performance by Jung Kook on Twitch.

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