Twitch you were great when I first joined in, now it is time to move on! Why KICK has a future
Its bad enough when a streaming platform like Twitch intends to screw up so many times that you know its not even funny! The fast sweet decline of Twitch, will only get worst over time.
First off I've enjoyed Twitch for many years since I joined the platform since 2014. That's right, 2014!!! its been that long! A long time ago there was a time that Twitch wasn't use to be this bad. For some reason it could be that new staff and new management from the top that changed Twitch for the worst over time or, the Amazon buy out have change Things have shifted pretty quickly or, fact they've gone through Terrible changes with the TOS and bad announcements. Even the Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said and admitted they've fucked up. That's why I'm coming back as a content creator as a viewer yes. I've always enjoyed the glory days of Twitch, Today, its not the same experience from many years back what I remember!
After all the things
Kick-Streaming Tweeted back in February Kick Streaming has over a million followers which took them back in 69 Days! Very impressive coming from a website that started about a year ago, I started signing up with Kick around mid-June. I am not disappointed with the move. I do think I'll grow on people over time, just like any website you'll eventually get use to the UI and settings on Kick Streaming.
Netflix - 3.5 years Facebook - 10 months Spotify - 5 months Kick - 69 Days 😏
— Kick.com (@KickStreaming) February 16, 2023
Twitch Vs. Kick Streaming
To compare, I wanted to start with the UI!
UI
Kick is very simplistic to navigate the website and easy to go around. While Twitch is very constructive and build well. Its convolve which makes the experience not fun get around.
Mobile App Let's get right to Mobile UX, I'll give Twitch props on easy mobility it is constructed well over the years. Kick hasn't been around long enough and not matured enough. Kick is miss Airplay, Casting for anyone that wants to cast a stream on TV's or Consoles; twitch has all the features that comes in the app.
Video Player
Not a lot I can go through the video player, I do like the video player on Twitch. Kick will need a lot of work. I'm sure by next year. Things will improve over time since Kick is still fresh to everyone's mind. The player does have Clip features, just what you expect from Twitch's player too. Content Creators There's many creators that have jump ship from Twitch to Kick. Recently, you had xQc, Amaranth and many more that have signed with an agreement under a contract. As of I have joined with Kick too, if you are interested come follow me up as well. /leonlagrey . Since what I have noticed not everyone is embracing Kick right off the bat, One of my favorite streamers, Sizzsarz while many have jump to KICK out of curiosity many are afraid to fully jump ship since understandably, they've have a large following on Twitch not everyone will embrace change and adopt into something new right away. What I call,
Dabbing period point to test out the waters.
The Big Migration
The people have been amazing, I haven't noticed to many trolls on the website yet. So far I have met fresh new faces and many have been... PRETTY AWESOME! So far I know, Kick does not restrictions creators into dual-streaming (what twitch does) Let's say you want to dual stream let's say YouTube. You can stream both KICK/YouTube if you want on Restream. So if you're a content creator on YouTube you have that opinion too! Yesterday, one of my favorite Streamer have signed up to KICK, which left me surprised only finding out from Lindsay Elyse's Instagram story when she announce it! she has an amazing personality and she's also a cosplayer too Since her first live stream she's now gained 477 followers, If my analysis serves me right Elyse's following will only grow in a matter of days, not weeks, a cosplayer with large following on both Twitter and Instagram this will be no problem, as long she's consistent this will be no-brainer! Check out last nights VOD on Lindsay Elyse's Channel.
Conclusions & thoughts
Time will tell if everyone will fully jump ship. Right now its been a positive experience, my favorite content creators have Lindsay Elyse have joined Kick yesterday, which is very exciting to see that happening (Not fully ship yet) I'm fully convinced this will be great competitor, we do need more competition! KICK now my new virtual home. If you like the content that I wrote in today's blog be sure to subscribe to the LLG Sub-Stack or follow up on RSS via Leon La Grey Entry
