Wait... so they started JustinTV which was for anything. Games took off so they spun that off to TwitchTV. JustinTV gets shut down, and now they start 'allowing' other types of things on TwitchTV. I have no idea what the marketing and 'brands' people over there are thinking really...
From the updated Rules of Conduct:<p><pre><code> D.I.Y. & Other Permitted Content
In addition to content that adheres to our Creative Rules of Conduct, we have determined the following type of do-it-yourself activities are also appropriate to broadcast in Creative:
Cooking your own recipes
Building custom PCs
Assembling your Twitch broadcast setup
Furniture hacks/customization
Model making
</code></pre>
Huh, that's certainly a <i>variety</i> of things they now allow. It makes the exceptions impossible to penalize since there's a giant gray area for what's considered "creative."
>First, starting today, you’ll see an entirely new landing page for the Creative category. This includes a dedicated Featured Video carousel<p><a href="http://shouldiuseacarousel.com" rel="nofollow">http://shouldiuseacarousel.com</a><p>>Third, we’ve updated our Rules Of Conduct to reflect our official embrace of the Creative community. In short, we encourage you to broadcast your creative process on Twitch, be that visual art, woodworking, costume creation, prop building, music composition, or any other process in which you entertain and connect around a creative activity. We understand that this is vague. We expect to learn much about what is, and is not, appropriate for Twitch as the community grows.<p>Oh boy I can't see that going wrong
I like the twitch platform, technologically, but this really needs to be a separate site entirely. If it's connected to twitch, it'll have all the stupid twitch spam and emotes and nerds saying OMG GRILL constantly.
Hi, we've cultivated a massive audience of angry young men, you sensitive arty types wanna come over? Bob Ross is still your king, right? /s<p>Snark aside, I do love the opportunity for artists to have a way to earn money along their entire workflow. I'd imagine that Twitch would be more lucrative than youtube live stuff, maybe? And Patreon is missing the boat by not diversifying the kind of things that be delivered to supporters. But I'd almost want to have tried it under a totally new brand. Some gamers can be caustic, and even the FAQ is defensive: "Creative on Twitch does not come at the expense of all the awesome gaming channels"<p>Overall I like it and think that it's a great use of their tech, I really hope the community side works out.
Twitch already has support for artists livestreaming, it's great to see official support for it. Will give it a try next time I do some digital painting.
Isn't this what Deadmau5 was doing before he took his operation solo for more money direct to himself[1]?<p>I've been using Periscope as my method of broadcast, and its tie in with Twitter has been helpful. Then I can download from my device, tweak, and upload to YouTube. This goes for live jam sessions with friends, talking through making recordings in Ableton Live and other software, and doing DJ sets / guitar jam sessions for fun.<p>I mean, if it's got a better value proposition, great, might be worth a look...but there's a lot of fatigue in constantly chasing different outlets. Any thoughts would be welcome to consider, thanks in advance.<p>[1] Edit: Solo as in using his subscription / pay me model in ways that 'normal' Twitch Creative accounts probably don't have access or demand for right now (see replies below)
This makes me think that Amazon thought they were buying YouTube when they really were buying ESPN for gaming. Twitch is a fantastic business -- and I wish them all the best -- but this doesn't play to their strengths at all.
How does this jive with Twitch's adult content/nudity policy, which is somewhat restrictive? Where is Twitch going to draw the line on art, and will "Twitch Creative" have different rules than gaming streams?