Zach Bussey

1 week ago | tos.gg | Zach Bussey

Hello and welcome to this week's recap! I'm feeling productive today and hope you are as well, so let's get right into it!šŸŸŖ TWITCHTwitch will soon launch the Clips Leaderboard and reward the top 3 clippers (by views) in chats with a unique chat badge. This functionality mimcs Bits and Gift Sub leader in being duration based and channel specific. A new visual update to the Revenue Dashboard includes new subtotals by category.

2 weeks ago | tos.gg | Zach Bussey

Good day, and welcome to April! Last week was a long one, so I'll keep it short this time, and just plug that you can support my tweets, posts, newsletter, and streams by subscribing for LESS than a Twitch sub! And with that, let's jump into the news!πŸŸͺ TWITCHTwitch updated the Terms of Service with new clarifying 'bubbles' and a clause about users' rights to use creator content if they have the Share function active. Worth reading.

3 weeks ago | tos.gg | Zach Bussey

Hello and welcome to the last day of March! A ton of updates for you this week, including Twitch's brand safety guidelines, YouTube Shorts are about to get a lot more views, Discord updated the UI for everyone while adding some new features, and Adin Ross was unbanned. That last one perplexes me, and I've been trying to analyze why Dan Clancy would do it. So, at the end of this newsletter, you'll find my general ~500-word analysis of the situation and why it's so confusing.

1 month ago | tos.gg | Zach Bussey

Hello, and welcome to this week's newsletter! There are quite a few important updates for creators, including Twitch's shared discount promo (and opt-out feature), YouTube experiments, TikTok Live paywalls, and more! Also, there are some excellent game keys and curated jobs (including a number of Community Management roles)—a little something for everyone. So, let's dive right in!🟪 TWITCHYou can now opt out of Shared Discount promotions.

1 month ago | tos.gg | Zach Bussey

Sometimes, the march of time moves faster than you realize, especially as we enter the third month of the year already! Fortunately, Twitch decided that last week would be the BIG week for setting up the rest of the year with their Roadmap AND the new Sponsorship dashboard. Meanwhile, TikTok revamped its desktop experience to better compete with YouTube and Twitch, and some sad news as Skype is being shut down in May (though many, myself included, thought it had already been shuttered years ago).