Long jewpost coming in on how to better financially support your oshi on twitch. Hope it doesn't seem like I'm just trying to get you guys to dump cash on me, don't worry, I don't post here anyway. Also none of this matters if you're the type to just donate cash so skip it if so.
>>2922217This. Amazon Primes can be a HUGE deal as you're growing, it's why any smart streamer that's how a good amount of views will bring it up to the point it becomes a meme. It's not only free along with your twitch prime membership, but more people have it t han even realize and taxes aren't taken out of it unlike a normal sub, so the streamer receives the full 2.5. If you're got even just 30 viewers and even 10 of them have twitch prime available to them, reminding them in a non-annoying way can mean the difference between you and 25 bucks.
If there' a doc about supporting your oshi on Twitch, can someone add something about Bits being better than Subs outside of things like subathons and only subathons to partners. subs post-partner are really only good for unlocking emotes and thats easier done during a subathon so its best to wait til those to participate in gift subbing over bit giving.
If you gift a sub, it costs you about 5.40 I think 500 bits costs 7 dollars. Assuming you don't wanna doxx yourself with Paypal or just don't want to give cash for whatever reason, a streamer will get more financial support from bits. They'll receive 500 bits which equals 5 dollars to them with on cut to Twitch whereas a gift sub will cost you 5.40 and get them about 2.40. I've never brought this up to my viewers because im worried it'd make me seem ungrateful for their support, but I myself give bits over subs for this specific reason. So if you're financially able to support your Oshi, it's best done through either cash or bits.
Another thing to note is that dropping bits, donos, gift subs, etc over time instead of all at once is a good way to encourage others to do so. I've definitely triggered others into some herd mentality by just gifting 500 bits once, then again maybe 10 minutes later. People like to participate and I think it helps spread out the good mood the streamer gets put in (mostly because I experience this myself) because the original use for bits was to be a "cheer", so the mentality is that it's like giving your oshi a round of applause. Instead of 10k bits or big sub bombs for you oilers to dump all at once, dropping it in spurts of 500 or 1000 over the course of the stream I think helps put them in a better mood and for all you groomers out there, i think it makes it seem like you're giving more than you are.
