Twitch to scrap host mode because it apparently “limits a streamer’s growth potential”
nme.comTwitch is set to get rid of host mode next month, because it apparently “limits a streamer’s growth potential”.The feature was originally launched in 2014, and allows streamers to redirect their viewers to live channels whilst they’re offline, via their homepage.“We introduced host mode in 2014 to make it easy for streamers to give their viewers another stream to watch when they went offline.
Since its launch, we’ve learned that streamers want to share their viewers with other streamers to help them grow and have introduced features that help you do that,” says Twitch.The company made the decision to deprecate the feature “because the experience it delivers to viewers doesn’t match their expectations when they come to Twitch.
Viewers want to interact with a streamer when they’re live and host mode blocks this from happening. Preventing viewers from interacting with the streamer they’re watching also limits a streamer’s growth potential because they’re not able to build meaningful connections with those new viewers,” the post continued.Host mode is set to be removed on October 3./host and host mode is going away on October 3rd, 2022.#TwitchNews pic.twitter.com/eWAzIaPd7R— Zach Bussey (@zachbussey) September 6, 2022Replacing the autohost list will be a new suggested channels list, allowing streamers to “endorse their channel to those who visit your channel when you’re offline.
When their channel is live, their stream will appear in the carousel at the top of the page. You can also display your suggested streamers list in your streamer shelf.”Elsewhere in the post, Twitch recommends shouting out other streamers or sending them to their channel using the raid feature.
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