We already had this thread at least three times.
This is the first time I post, because I can't help but wonder.
I've read every single comment in here against it and I quite frankly don't understand the issue.
Personally I still watch most of my chuuba content on YT, but those YT chubes that have Guerilla/PG-18/non-monetizable in some other way streams on there have made me take a look at the platform some more and allowed me to get more familiar with the culture.
Gift subs are, at least in the Twitch chuubesphere, effectively a way to SC in a way that makes other people likelier to return while having the exact mechanism of validation, just multiplied since you're making Chat pay attention to you as well.
This mechanism has the effect of multiple people often spending compounding sums of money in rapid succession in order to provide a mounting percentage of stream with subs, which creates a runaway effect in very short order that engages everyone even those who cannot spend money themselves.
This makes it a net positive for the streamer's ability to make money from their work as well as the community's willingness to engage with her and eachother.
> Imagine how meaningless the concept of a membership stream will be when anyone can get in at random.Meaningless how?
What are you talking about?
...oh.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
I get what's going on.
You're a Star Citizen supporter aren't you? >>10406448> but are ineligible to receive a gift membership to the same channel again.>Otherwise there is no point to memberships, the entire point of it is you are activating a paid subscription to support the channel by providing them income at a regular basis.There is no difference between subbing yourself and being gifted a sub as far as the streamer is concerned.
