“Two Steps Back and a Half a Step Forward”- Community Partially Impressed As Twitch Rolls Out New Partner Plus Program

Twitch has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons for a while now. Following the announcement of new guidelines for the creators a few weeks back, the streaming platform had to face a major backlash. The ignited spark caught fire after big celebrated names like Ninja, MostCr1TiKa, Ludwig, and even MrBeast openly criticized the new policies brought by Twitch.

The controversy was taken to the next level after creators collectively decided to move on from the platform. Now, Twitch is back with an interesting update on the new policies.

Streamers On Twitch To Recieve A 70/30 Revenue Share?

Earlier, a lot of popular names in the community had called Twitch new guidelines against the creators. The streaming platform later had to give a statement clarifying the guidelines and decided to take its time for further announcements. The latest updates on the Partner Plus Programme announced have the fans divided with mixed reactions.

The official Twitter handle of the streaming platform tweeted, “We want to help streamers keep doing what they love, so we can all keep loving what they do. Introducing the Partner Plus program.”

According to the upgraded policies, streamers in the Partner Plus program will receive a 70/30 revenue share on net subscription revenue. This includes the revenue from monthly subscriptions and gift subscriptions. Partners must maintain a subscriber count of at least 350 recurring paid subscribers for three consecutive months. The main reason for the mixed fan reactions to the announcement is the eligibility criteria required to get to the 70 percent profit share. 

Too Late For Redemption? Here’s How The Community Feels

With a lot of confused emotions, the new policies have been the trending topic in the community. The strategists at Twitch are aware of how the past few months have taken away most of the traffic from the platform to its rivals like Kick. Fans speculated on such new adaptive policies as they believed this was about time. 

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“So now you have to be a partner just to get the 50/50 split, and Partner + to get 70/30 since y’all been taking more than 50% from streamers lately? Or are you not ready to have that discussion?”, a frustrated user replies to the announcement. 

Another user feels that it is high time the platform should consider every streamer, including the smaller creators.

A fan feels it’s already “too late” for the platform.

Voicemod takes a dig on Twitch.

A fan makes an interesting statement, quoting, “Two steps back and a half a step forward I guess.” 

Other fans look forward to more such announcements by the platform.

The Partner Plus Program is set to launch on the platform in October. What are your views on this latest update?

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