Hello Everyone,
This guide is to go over a few tips and basic twitch etiquette to help promote your channel as well as be a good viewer. When you are on twitch, you are your channel/stream/representation of your account. Being a good streamer and viewer will help grow your following fast! If you are a jerk of a streamer or are not a nice viewer, people will tend to not watch you. So the following are some key point to remember while you stream and watch others. Some may seem common sense or obvious, but you would be surprise how many people don't follow them.
Being the Streamer
Interact With Your Viewers - It doesn't matter how big or how small your viewer count is, interacting with them will make their viewing experience better. If they have a memorable time talking with you, they are more likely to come back.
Do Not Assume Gender - Streaming is for everyone and will always be that way. You do not want to make the mistake of assuming gender. If you mess up, just apologizes and move on.
Setup A Schedule - Setting up and keeping to a schedule will help your viewers know when to come back. Just like a TV show, people tend to come back and watch the entertainment when they know when to expect it. If you keep to a schedule, people will plan accordingly to come back and watch you.
Do Not Be A Jerk - Usually you do not want to be a jerk to viewers and other streamers. Yes, you can go for this style of stream, but if you don't use that as your trademark style, then don't be a jerk to others. If people get to know you as a nice or friendly streamer, then you should stay that way. If you ever change, and talk bad about others, those followers may unfollow and stop watching.
Use A Chat Bot - Bots can be very useful for your channel's chat. It can provide information. Moderate your viewers to follow rules you setup. It can also make sure your follows, subscribes, and more don't go unmissed. Technology is powerful, why not make it work for you.
Use The Tools Twitch Provides - There are a lot of cool stats and tools that Twitch provides. Use them to your advantage. This includes the panels under your stream to help inform your viewers. The pulse and channel feed to help broadcast your channel. Even the extensions can provide some fun and innovative content to your channel. You can also learn a lot by diving into your statistics from past streams to see how well games and times do when streaming.
Enjoying the View
Follow The Rules - Twitch streamers may have rules about chat like no swearing or don't discuss controversial topics. Make sure to read them and follow them. You don't want to be the person called out on stream or even banned from chat because you typed something you shouldn't.
Golden Rule - Treat others the way you want to be treated. If you are a jerk to other viewers or the streamer, people will tend to not like you which ultimately hurts your stream. Be nice, you may get a follow by just chatting with someone while watching a stream.
Do Not Backseat Game - Unless the streamer asks for help, backseat gaming could ruin the fun for both the streamer and audience. Don't be that viewer!
Don't Ask For Things - Asking to be a moderator, for keys, or other things from the streamer. It is the quickest way to look bad as a viewer and the streamer will probably tell you "No". If the streamer is going to give something out, they will be happier to give it to good viewers more than whining/problematic viewers.
Do Not Self Promote In Chat - This goes hand in hand with the golden rule. Do you want people to come to your stream and throw out a link about them going live? Probably not, so you shouldn't do it to other streamers. It looks bad, and other viewers usually don't click the link. If they do, they may get mad at you for it in your chat.
Host - Hosting others is a great way to help other streamers. It takes your followers and shows them other streamers that you like to watch. Later on that streamer may do the same for you.
Do Not Spam Or Complain - No one likes to see a wall of text or a negative person. Streaming is for a group of people wanting to have fun. If you come into a chat decay others enjoyment it makes you look bad and people will tend to not like you being around. This includes spamming the streamer outside of stream. If you keep asking for things and spamming friend requests, they will probably not reply and ignore you.
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