I believe it is time for subs for non partners. Mixer mentioned this was coming 8 months ago but there has been no word since. Many of our longer term streamers are leaving following multiple ccv partner denials as they cannot properly monetize. Everyone starting with a sub button wouldn't be a good idea, we need something like an affiliateship with minimum streaming times and viewership. As a smaller platform I would suggest this is below the twitch minimums.

I believe with this change should come improvements to the sub system. Allowing changing sub badges has been proven to increase the duration people spend subbed on larger older platforms like twitch.

It will be important here not to devalue our partnership program. My suggestion here would be to put more time into promoting all partners on the feature wheel as well as having increased sub earnings for partners vs affiliates.

Hi there!

I'm Melicorn1991. I haven't been on the platform for years but I know that I bring something to the table worth giving your 5 minutes to for reading this.

I'm from South Africa (no I don't have a pet lion and yes we have internet in some areas, others are still undeveloped but its developing, South Africa is growing and more and more gamers and streamers are making it onto international platforms). My goal is to be the first female to partner with Mixer *that still resides and represents South Africa!

Throughout my journey (regardless of how short it's been compared to others on the platform) I've introduced so many to both view and stream on the platform. Some of my followers have never even HEARD of Mixer, and now, now they're following so many others thanks to raids and hosts, they're spending hours on end watching and supporting streamers on MIXER!

I applied for Mixer Partnership at the beginning of May and received my feedback on the 14th of May, saying my application was unsuccessful due to engagement and mentioning party chat attention. I wanted to include party chat (as I've seen others do, including partners) - I was also brought up to allow others to speak before interrupting, so I allowed my party to finish their sentences before greeting a new follow (so max like 30seconds - an odd occasion when you're mid-battle and in the final it will be a few seconds longer due to concentrating on the match it's after all still a stream of gaming, not JUST a web show.

Since the feedback, I immediately discussed this with my mods and friends who joined in on multiplayer games. They now understand that I'm not being rude interrupting mid-sentence to greet someone as soon as my notifications go off, this is just expected/advised. I have a mod in party chat dedicated to only keep an eye on chat and he literally tells me there's a message if I haven't responded in under ten seconds. So anyone coming through to my channel IS greeted, IS answered, IS responded to. I've fixed that.

During my review period, I hosted a show that screened on Fortnite as my community asked me if I would. I didn't want to commentate in between, I mean, they were there for the show after all!
During the same week, I also hosted my very first Xbox Playdate Host (we're only 5 hosts for Xbox Playdates in South Africa, so for me, it is a pretty big deal! and I wanted to share this with my community). The party chat had over 20 members in which were all muted as some were kids and Afrikaans and I couldn't expect any of them to keep quiet the whole time. As they could hear me I also tried timing greeting and responses on my channel as and when it came through but limit the narrating of the game as I constantly had others talking.

So my timing was off for application, I get that, that was my mistake.

What I'm asking is for an appeal, for a review on my application to be brought forward as a 90 day waiting period is quite a long while to wait.

If the true reason was that I got shot down for not using a camera (my decision for this was explained in the application, stating that I wanted to prove that streamers especially woman CAN make it to the partner level WITHOUT a camera, this is not in the list of requirements, so what message would this be sent to those who are socially awkward?)

I stream a variety of games (I introduced Game Pass Hour with Melicorn1991) and play a lot of the top games, I'm often in the top 5 *as per your one comment on your site ..."Partners should be leading the pack in their genre, as a general rule. You don't have to be in the top 5 (though if you are, please reach out to us!), but your stream analytics should be showing a consistent and upward trend over time."......

My community LOVES the raids and hosts we do after streams (2 to 3 times a week), this helps give others exposure and shares the love. The response I've received from the community and other streamers for this has been AMAZING! Do their voices and 'votes' for me to be partnered not count?

Please could you review my initial application? Or create an appeal system? Or be a bit fairer with the time after being denied??

I'm afraid that this could be sending other streamers instead of trying again with the hopes of not with the next application 3 months later, to rather retry from scratch on another platform (I've seen this!). I love the Mixer. I love the community. I believe in you, I'm now asking you to believe in me.

Several channels (including prominent partners) have their bots set to whisper or worse yet, publicly post a message when someone unfollows their channels. At the time I write this, a partner (who I won't personally name here) has their bot publicly call unfollowers "a little b**ch."

Calling out people who unfollow creates the kind of community toxicity Mixer claims to not harbour like some other platforms. Bot makers should be encouraged to remove this feature and I believe it should be made a Terms of Service violation to engage in this practice. People should have the right to unfollow whoever they choose without being publicly shamed for it because of a streamer's entitlement. At the very least, partners who represent the brand should not be engaging in this behaviour.

Hello!
I'm Jinkirin and I've been on Mixer for over 2 years now. I love the platform, but I also recognize there's a lot it needs to improve upon. I'm always told "use the feedback site", so here we go.

-Mobile App: Still very unreliable. My suggestion would be to nuke the app and start over. Get rid of all the bells and whistles and make it into an app that's great for viewing while encouraging the interactive side on more traditional viewing platforms (at least until the app is to a point features can be re-introduced without detriment to the viewing experience).

-Viewing experience: The experience viewers have with desktop, mobile, and even the Xbox apps are sub-par. Buffering, dropped streams, audio not working after unmuting a stream, Mixer taking you back to your page after a host, etc. Whether these are issues related to infrastructure or web design, I can't say. But this should be a focus for retaining viewers on the platform and would be a good investment long term.

-Streamer Progression: There's still no progression system in place and we've gotten no news or updates since its launch. Getting the progression system in place would help and encourage creators to push the platform more. (Reducing Ember overhead was a good start)

-Clips: Fix the existing clip system and make it a viable tool for the creators on the platform. Both partners, and non-partners.

-More search options: Simply searching by category is a dated system. Look at other platforms and they have much more in-depth systems to allow people to find the content they want to see. (Eg. Tags)

-Editor access to VOD downloads: Self-explanatory for larger creators who have editors on hand

-Free sub with gamepass: One of the top rated suggestions on the feedback site. If you want more info for this, go find the original post. Good to compete with twitch Prime imo.

-Platform sponsored events: I'd love to see more tournaments/community-focused events pushed out by the platform. The community does this from time to time, but the platform could benefit from hosting streaming events to bring the community closer together.

Analytics: Need a lot more data. Sponsors and other opportunities look at these and Mixer doesn't have a lot of the information many of these people are looking for. This results in less interest from outside investors because there's no good insight into the health of a channel. Analytics need improved reliability and much more available information.

There's a lot more that needs work probably. I'm no genie with all the answers. But I want to see Mixer raise the bar, rather than sitting on where it currently stands. So I feel these are some of the strongest starting points for Mixer to improve the platform for everyone.

Mixer,

Whenever there is a tweet on Twitter about an issue on the platform, the response normally given (whether by Mixer or the community) is to post it here.

It gets posted here, and then... crickets tumbleweed

In the first two pages on this site there are post ranging from 30 - almost 1,000 upvotes. -None- of them have a response from Mixer.

It's all well and good that it may have been reviewed, discussed, or action taken. Though, without Mixer responding and closing the open communication loop; the community has no idea what if anything is happening.

No response looks like it hasn't been seen.
Looking like it hasn't been seen, makes it look like Mixer doesn't care.
It looking like Mixer doesn't care makes the community feel ignored.

The people here are your community. These are the people who love and care about you. These are the people who want to help improve the site and see it succeed.

I know that Mixer has Community Managers. Where are they? Why aren't there here responding to and interacting with the community?

The issue with the Farm/24x7 channels has been mentioned here for over a year, with posts going back to October 2018. Some posts receiving over 200 upvotes:

https://watchmixer.uservoice.com/forums/382521-mixer-feedback-ideas/suggestions/35620552-remove-afk-forza-farming-streams-suspend-account

https://watchmixer.uservoice.com/forums/382521-mixer-feedback-ideas/suggestions/38481247-stop-displaying-24-7-farming-streams-on-the-top-st

https://watchmixer.uservoice.com/forums/382521-mixer-feedback-ideas/suggestions/38166970-dont-allow-24-7-non-mixer-owned-channels-be-a-thin

https://watchmixer.uservoice.com/forums/382521-mixer-feedback-ideas/suggestions/37214566-24-7-content

None of them have had a response from Mixer.

Yet the week a clip of TSM_Myth visiting Mixer's site during his stream on Twitch goes viral, Mixer conveniently has an announcement on Level Up Cast stating they have a plan to address the 24x7 farming channels.

Surely it is someone's job at Mixer to read and respond to the posts here on the regular? Surely this falls under the remit of a Community Manager, the Community Action Team or a similar role/team?

It's great that people are leaving PAX South and sending tweets of "Hey, I just had a great meeting with Mixer".

That's awesome. It's always good to see people looking forward with hope and optimism.

But thats a handful of people, and a handful of tweets.

What about the posts with upvotes here? Where hundreds and HUNDREDS of people have posted and upvoted items hoping for them to be addressed.

I'd appreciate some upvotes and shares to the social sites on this.

Hopefully it will get in front of the right people and there will be some positive difference as a result.

Cheers,
oJ

Discontinuing the Xbox app is absolutely the worst idea you guys had. You took 3 big steps forward by signing Ninja, Shroud and Gothalion but then took at least 20! steps back by ending the xbox app and replacing it with something atrocious.

The quality of the stream is horrendous. There is no way to change it. It makes the streamer look like (s)he is streaming from a potato. Its very unclear on how to sub. Chat is pushed over the actual content. Its possible to disable it but its very unclear. Its also unclear how to send a message. The old app did this very well.

But the worst thing, the absolute worst, is removing FTL. Mixer's pride and joy is NOT integrated into the new "experience".

Be smart and reconsider discontinuing the app.

Hi my names Ste I am a mixer streamer by the name of TwistedLimit. I was wondering if a channel one for non partnered streamers could be considered in the future as I believe it would benefit a wider audience then what you currently have with partners also it would strengthen your claim to help new and existing content creators these days I have seen so many content creators between 0 and 7.5k struggle and become disheartened due to the lack of support to non partnered content creators.
I believe that this idea could change the balance to shape new/future content creators with support, encouragement, exposure and the ability to connect with other new content creators so they can help each other to grow in this ever so competitive environment.
Obviously there would be conditions thus streamers would have to meet but all content creators would be considered.
I do hope you take this onboard as it is very real situation that without the support of the brand that promotes its own content creators i would think they would take a little bit of time to consider helping those who need nurturing with the support you can offer as when a new or existing content creator gets hosted, talked to in chat even get noticed by someone it sparks them to be the best they can and encourages them to push hard to seek greater things.

I do this for all of those streamers that have struggled, have had a hard time finding the right people to connect with, need and appreciate any help that is received no matter how small it isi have a post on twitter about this the link is https://twitter.com/TwistedLimited/status/1095618185183805441?s=19
There are many other content creators that feel the same and i hope this does become a thing as it will benefit so many people.

I appreciate your time

Ste/TwistedLimit

(ENG:) I think it would be good to hire Mixer's Guardians who spoke languages ​​other than English.
A lot of Mixer's energy is based on English speakers despite other countries, which causes misunderstanding in report messages or contacting the support.

Let me give you a concrete case: A French streamer friend's account was suspended for writing a message one who had no form of nastiness, threat, or contrary to Mixer's policy. After sending an email to Mixer, a Guardian explained to him that the language barrier had caused a misunderstanding.

It will also make it easier to monitor streams in other countries.

(FR:) Je pense qu'il serait bon d'engager des Gardiens Mixer qui parlent d'autres langues que l'Anglais.
Beaucoup d'énergie de Mixer est basée sur les Anglophones, au dépit des autres pays, ce qui provoque de l'incompréhension dans les messages de signalements ou les prises de contact avec le support.

Je vous cite un cas concret: Un ami streamer Français s'est vu faire suspendre sa chaîne pour avoir écrit une chose qui n'avait aucune forme de méchanceté, menace, ou contraire à la politique de Mixer. Après avoir envoyé un mail à Mixer, un Gardien lui a expliqué que la barrière de la langue a provoqué un quiproquo.

Cela facilitera également la surveillance des streams dans d'autres pays.

Greetings Mixer!

In an effort to give a boost to MMO's on the platform I'd like to suggest utilizing Mixer Loot in conjunction with Elder Scrolls Online. ESO is the only MMO that regularly puts out quarterly updates on the same schedule. This is a great opportunity to capitalize on the hype Bethesda and Zenimax creates throughout the year as well as help drive the huge amounts of ESO fans to platform by offering incentives such as custom stickers, in game loots drops, coins, cosmetics, etc.. There is already a decent audience that frequents ESO streams and there are a good amount of content creators, both partnered and not, that are dedicated to streaming the game.

Mixer is more than just shooters/BR's and I think this is the perfect way to help get that message out to the masses.

Thanks for listening.

Hello Mixer!!
I had a bit of an idea that maybe you could draw inspiration from to improve the platform!

Bringing over Ninja, Shroud and Ewok has been amazing for Mixers growth, but typically when they hop offline, most of the viewership they brought in, come only for them and go back to Twitch or where they are most comfortable.

Introducing a way to bring them into other awesome creators streams, and showing the wide variety of content Mixer has, could really help Mixer expand and grow!

Here is my Idea: What if, Mixer had challenges to complete, kind of like Fortnite challenges, tied in with the Partner Spotlight.

Challenges could be:
Spend 5 minutes, in 3 new streams!
Update your profile Picture
Get to level 15 in (Partner Spotlight streamers) Chat.
Things that would make viewers, branch out and spend a little time, seeing the rest of Mixer as a platform.

Reward Example: The creators that were brought over, like Ninja, Shroud, Or Ewok, could have an exclusive emote, that you can only unlock if you complete the weekly Partner spotlight challenges.
The emote could be just one of the current emotes they have, but gold, silver or bronze.

Could also be a reward like: The option to change and select the colour of your text. These are just suggestions and I am sure you can come up with better rewards!

You just sent me an email saying you're removing the streaming feature from Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10. The feature's already implemented, works fine, and the email gives no reason for removing it.

So... why are you removing it? I use this feature all the time. If you want to hide it by default and give me a checkbox to turn it back on, that would be fine for me. But removing it altogether?

If I have to start up complex, buggy OBS every time I want to show a friend a boss battle or something in a game, I'm just going to not use Mixer at all, and probably also not share those experiences at all because you've put back all the obstacles you removed when you added the Game Bay in the first place.

If you're going to do it at least give a reason that makes sense, instead of an email that says "it's gone, if you liked it? Sucks to be you. You get no vote. Haha loser." (Which is what you might as well have typed, the message is so unfriendly.)

So we had a not perfect put working Mixer App on Xbox One.
The App had basically all main functions Mixer offers and we users needed.
Now we get forced to the new dashboard, which is not just working bad but does lack most of Mixer's key features!

I can't see any common sense why this is happening right now but it is obviously the wrong direction.

• No FTL


• The Host button is hidden, put it to the front!


• No Co-Stream Support


• Can't find a way to buy ember directly on the Xbox


• The only way to get to your own profile: search your name


• Speaking of the search function: No more advanced search, no filter, no nothing just a plain text search


• The chat is a total mess, don't know what your intentions were here but doesn't matter, doesn't work

If you really want to stick with the dashboard idea, please make it work properly and give it the functions the users want, need and deserve.
Nobody wants the "New Mixer experience", trust me.

Oh, and by the way, we need to talk about the mobile app as well.