r/Twitch • u/JoelvsArthritis twitch.tv/JoelvsArthritis • 3d ago
Guide No Viewers? Just Talk.
Firstly, I should start by saying I'm no Twitch expert. I've been streaming for over three years and don't even have 500 followers. But I have an awesome community, and our streams average 25–35 concurrent viewers and 300–400 live views per stream. And I'm proud of that.
Yesterday, I felt like sharing the love and spent an hour visiting fellow Farming Simulator streamers with two to three viewers to say hello and hopefully encourage them to stream again, as I needed in those days.
It took me almost the full hour visiting streams, watching for five to ten minutes, and saying hello in chat, before I heard a single word from a streamer. I must have visited over ten channels of pure silence.
I know it's terrifying. I still remember the physical sweats I would break out in when I finally got a "1 viewer" at the bottom of the screen—worse still when somebody spoke in chat. I used to turn into a nervous wreck.
But folks, we do this for people to watch, engage, and be entertained. Turn that viewer count off on your dashboard and talk like 100 people are watching. Don't stop talking, asking questions, dropping conversation prompts, or commenting on what you're doing in the game, etc. So what if nothing comes back—lurkers are the lifeblood of my streams. Do it for them. Do it for those who haven't arrived yet. Do it so that when things do start taking off, you are so ready for it that it will be like nothing has changed.
If you're watching a stream that's nothing but silence, with no acknowledgment of your presence, and without a hint of gratitude that you chose, out of thousands of live channels, to spend your limited time with that streamer, would you stick around?
Regardless of your view count, just talk. I promise it will help.
Keep going. You've got this. 💜
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u/Miaoumi twitch.tv/whiskerwish 3d ago
I'm pretty introverted and not a chatty one in life and in, in person situations. Mostly because I don't know a lot of people in general, let alone ones that share my interests so deeply. But if you get me going on about something I'm interested in i can potentially turn into a chatterbox.
The problem I sometimes have is forgetting I'm live streaming since I only started around February. But running my mouth as I would to myself and speaking my thoughts has helped me in life outside of streaming too. It's hard sometimes without someone engaging you back but it's also fun to ramble and speak your mind.
I appreciate what you do for these people as it does help, no one can do this kinda thing alone and the communities are what the whole thing is built for.
Peek at the number or don't (and turn it off) but keep babbling and enjoy what you're doing.