Annoying marketing practices
I recieved this email today. I don't use twitch, only made an account once for some specific purpose. I don't know these people and I'm a 100% certain they don't know me. This is just toxic marketing to lure me back in.
Those aren't even real people. Those "usernames" are the names of custom emojis you can use in Twitch chat. Still weird in context, but I can see how it would be even more creepy if you didn't know that.
Request removal from emailing list or mark it as spam.
Do people actually form any sort of relationships in Twitch chat? For a decent size streamer, chat moves so fast that I can't imagine anyone ever recognizing anyone.
Maybe for a super small streamer.
I feel the same about Discord.
Live chat does not really work well with large numbers.
If you find the 10-100 viewer streamers playing fun and community games it can be nice and chill.
Feels like old school cs1.6 community servers where you hang out with regulars and have fun.
The community gaming is probably what makes it, tho
Absolutely. Like you say, it just doesn't happen in large streams, and the threshold is probably a lot larger than you think, since on average maybe 10% of viewers actually participate in chat. The dynamic starts shifting at around 1,000 simultaneous viewers, in my experience, between chat being readable and interactable, and being just spam. That's still plenty big enough to qualify for partner, and even make a living off of streaming alone.
Peter: I wouldn't say I've been "missing" it, Bob. 😉
How do you not know CorgiDerp???
If “mildly infuriating” is just a synonym for “annoying” then I’d say this post nails the theme perfectly.
If you dont meed it any more, just have your account deleted
I believe that you can only deactivate through the menu but need a direct link to the deletion page
Everyone deals with spam and junk mail. If we all posted all of them, this community would suck more.
I don't see how this fits mildly infuriating. It's a normalized everyday marketing annoyance.
What differentiates an annoyance from something that is mildly infuriating? Seems like they're pretty much the same to me.
Anyways, if this community doesn't get any content, than i guess "mildly infuriating" means "nothingness". We define the meaning of the concept by what we post here and what we upvote here.
OP created an account > didn't signed out on emails > gets email > 😠😠😠😠
No, but seriously, this is not toxic marketing, the "users" are emotes, something very clever but that is lost on you and that's fine; but to call it toxic... I don't know Rick.
Why on earth are they entitled to sign me up by default for emails? Especially when they often make sure the box to opt out is as easy to overlook as possible?
You’ve got this backasswards.
Opt-in by default is illegal, so OP has every right to be annoyed.
Didn't know that. Can you tell me who is supposed to enforce this and where is the law from?
When you accept the ToS I always understood that I was signing in for emails, just like (in my experience) 100% of other services/sites like Spotify, Proton, Bandcamp, eBay, Facebook, X, GitHub... well I'm not gonna list every single one but you get me.
Still, thank you for educating me.
