I think it is VERY dissapointing for the new "Season 2" sparks to be used to add yet ANOTHER advantage to the partners. I LOVE my partnered streamers, and the ones that I sub too. However, all of these "improvements" seem to be geared toward them, and not the community. Game Purchases, Subscriptions, etc.. Mixer seems to be focusing on "sponsored" and "partnered" content, as opposed to the community as a whole (viewers, streamers, partners). I wish the sparks would have been used to benefit the loyal fans\viewers, and "small streamers" where we could use them in a "Sparks Store" to purchase xbox live, gamepass, credit toward games, t shirts, hats, sub codes, mixer pro codes, streamer gear (webcams, green screens) etc...Perhaps in addition to the "bits"
like, monetary function. I feel this would have been a WAYY better use of sparks to captivate the current users, and tempt new users to join the platform. I also agree that ALL streamers should benefit from the sparks for money integration.

Thanks

Mixer really needs some kind of native donation tool like how Youtube has Super chats and twitch has bits.

3rd party donation sites require viewers to leave the stream, which means they might miss something. They're also not as secure, people can chargeback paypal donations and put financial strain on the streamer. This is why many streamers aren't comfortable taking them.

Plus, it encourages donations by allowing mixer to give small benefits to people who donate. Like how superchats let you pin a comment to the top of chat, or how bits give you a special chat badge.

Finally it can also help out mixer as a platform. Youtube takes a percentage of the super chat, and Twitch sells bits at a small markup for them both to make a profit. Mixer could do the same with competitive prices and take in some revenue, OR mixer could also take the high road by not taking a percentage and this would make the community alot happier and set mixer ahead of the competition.

So, While being away from streaming myself for a few days I watched alot of mixer from my mobile device but this can become a hassle. I would turn my device horizontally to get a bigger picture but then had to turn it back vertically to chat. To make the experience better I would suggest that with technology moving into a wireless age, it would be nice to be able to cast the stream I am watching to a smart TV, or a device like chrome cast. For those who have smart TV's how quickly did you stop paying for cable once you were able to watch what you wanted via Netflix or YouTube by casting it directly to the TV of your choice? Exactly! I have 3 Smart TV's in my home where that is how we watch our TV. Now that streaming is becoming a much better way to be entertained I believe that having a smart TV, or casting option for the app will not only increase the viewers experience but also increase the amount of people viewing streams at once simply because they are able to cast it to their home TV and not carry their mobile device with them everywhere.

Right now the 750 followers and 50 consistent viewers requirements for partner seem rather high. The viewer count mostly.

Most streamers need around 5000 followers to manage 50 consistent viewers or roughly 1% the follower count.

Someone with 750 followers is likely to average 7-8 viewers.

There are of course exceptions to these rules.

I feel like this will deter people from picking Mixer as their platform because a lot of that is out of the content creators hands. Where as the other two big plat forms put more power into the content creators hands to get affiliated or partnered.

Youtube uses 1000 followers and 4000 hours watched. (easily attainable with 10 viewers over a year stick to that same 1% ratio)
And Twitch uses 50 followers and merely a few unique streams a month for about 8 hours total.

I am more interested in Mixer than those other two platforms and have been researching the big three for a place to start streaming myself. I'm just giving my opinion but that's just my observation from a fair bit of research I did.

I believe I have been reviewed unfairly and the decision to decline my application is not justified. In less than 3 months I have nearly 5500 followers. I average over 50 viewers each time I stream. My channel is positive, lively. I engage with every single person that talks in my chat. I am completely professional. I take streaming very seriously. I have everything set up completely professionally. Much time and effort is put in to my channel each day. I am funny, engaging, good at the games I play and most of all my audience enjoys watching me, which is why I have large numbers watching and following every time I steam. I have had professional overlays, logos, merchandise designed. I stream regularly and keep to my schedule. I have currency and games to keep the viewers entertained. Many of my followers ask when they can subscribe to me. I have everything Mixer asks of a partner. I am completely baffled to why I have been declined. If I am unliked as a person, or by the way I look by someone at Mixer, that is horrendously unfair to me. I ask that you please take another look at my channel, with some different eyes. You will see that my channel is hugely popular and I am someone that will bring a lot of business to Mixer. The explanation for the decline is not clear and I would at the very least, I would like someone to explain the reason for it. If there is no chance I will ever get partnered. I need to know if I am wasting my time using Mixer. ? See the email as follows:

Hello

Thanks for your patience. We have carefully reviewed your channel and will not be moving forward with your application at this time.

We have issued a decline for the following reasons to help you identify what to improve before your next application. Note that while we recommend working on the qualities detailed below, we cannot guarantee partnership should you apply again for the following reasons:

There may be other aspects of your channel that we did not catch in this review period that would further disqualify you from partnership.

Our requirements for partnership change periodically based on the needs of the business. These changes will be updated on our website.

You will understand that the above email does not explain why I was declined. I need to know what you think I am doing wrong?
Thank you and kind regards,

I've been seeing a lot of complaints about Toxic people in chat recently, which made me think of this idea.

How about we get a chat delay for new users, which allows the streamer / channel to choose when they think an account is new (24 hours / 48 hours / 1 week) those accounts will have a chat delay, that the rest of the chat does not.

So basically a new account posts something nasty in chat, ONLY moderators will see that message for the first 3 / 5 / 8 seconds until it becomes visible in chat. The moderators will then be able to delete the message and if needed, report it BEFORE it is visible to everyone else.

In short:

1. Chat delay for certain accounts picked by the channel
2. Chat message not visible to anyone but moderators until after a pre-defined time period.

I am sure this would be a HUGE help for many channels, as I know some streamers, even though they are aware that this is mostly just stupid kids creating new accounts over and over, does get affected by the hateful messages.

What do you think?

Chat is an important aspect of every stream, one of the biggest upside with mixer is the FTL and instant communication that happens between chat and Streamer.

But a chat is just a wall of text with no flavor unless you have some emotes (imo).
Now there is already an emote system in place at mixer but the quality of the emotes are lacking and it doesn't have anything to do with what the emotes are picturing.

Being restricted to 24x24 the resolution is so bad that most seems blurry if they are not pixel art. Compared to other major streaming platforms mixer is severely behind in this areas.

Emotes are a part of streamer culture and something communities can rally behind, I think implementing higher quality emotes with higher resolution option would really benefit mixer a lot.

Much love!