Twitch starts testing anonymous reactions during lives

Always thinking about the best interaction practices between the streamer and his audience, Twitch is now starting to test a new tool: anonymous reactions during lives.

Released to a still limited number of creators, Reactions are yet another way for viewers to give their opinion about the livestream, this time anonymously. Despite the anonymity, you still need to be logged into Twitch to leave your reaction.

Reactions are emotes connected to a feeling, such as “hype”, “funny”, “romantic” and are available in a new button, called “React”, which is next to the “Subscribe” and “Follow” buttons.

📣 We’re experimenting with Reactions

ℹ️ Reactions let viewers share feedback with streamers by anonymously reacting to moments throughout a stream

📊 Streamers will see reactions data in their Creator Dashboard after they finish streaming

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— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) December 7, 2022

It is worth mentioning that Reactions will have a “cooldown” time, that is, they cannot be used repeatedly, avoiding spammers.

The Reactions are then displayed to the creators in a new dashboard, where they can see which moments of the livestream and which of the Reactions were used by their audience, giving them an overview of the audience’s sentiment towards their live stream on Twitch.

Officially announced this Wednesday, December 7th, Anonymous Reactions are still in testing phase on Twitch, released to a few channels. Amazon’s streaming platform has not yet disclosed when the tool will be available to all creators.

Twitch reinforces the banning of gambling games on its platform

With the explosion of casino-style gambling games, especially in the mobile field, with absurd promises of very high earnings with minimal investment, Twitch’s concern about what its users watch has also grown and therefore a measure had to be taken quickly.

Now, games that include slot machines, roulettes and dice games that are not licensed in the United States or other countries may cause bans from channels. Initially, Twitch announced that sites like Stake.com, duelbits.com, roobet.com and Rollbit.com were the first to be banned.

According to the platform, all domains associated with these sites, including their variations, are also banned.

The ban even goes far beyond livestreams: creators are also prohibited from sharing referral codes for betting sites in the chat, including a banner with links to these sites and mentioning betting sites live.