I recieved this email today. I don’t use twitch, only made an account once for some specific purpose. I don’t know these people and I’m a 100% certain they don’t know me. This is just toxic marketing to lure me back in.

  • cmac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Those aren’t even real people. Those “usernames” are the names of custom emojis you can use in Twitch chat. Still weird in context, but I can see how it would be even more creepy if you didn’t know that.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    Do people actually form any sort of relationships in Twitch chat? For a decent size streamer, chat moves so fast that I can’t imagine anyone ever recognizing anyone.

    Maybe for a super small streamer.

    • towerful@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      If you find the 10-100 viewer streamers playing fun and community games it can be nice and chill.
      Feels like old school cs1.6 community servers where you hang out with regulars and have fun.
      The community gaming is probably what makes it, tho

    • JakenVeina@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Absolutely. Like you say, it just doesn’t happen in large streams, and the threshold is probably a lot larger than you think, since on average maybe 10% of viewers actually participate in chat. The dynamic starts shifting at around 1,000 simultaneous viewers, in my experience, between chat being readable and interactable, and being just spam. That’s still plenty big enough to qualify for partner, and even make a living off of streaming alone.

  • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    1 month ago

    Everyone deals with spam and junk mail. If we all posted all of them, this community would suck more.

    I don’t see how this fits mildly infuriating. It’s a normalized everyday marketing annoyance.

  • 3laws@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    1 month ago

    OP created an account > didn’t signed out on emails > gets email > 😠😠😠😠

    No, but seriously, this is not toxic marketing, the “users” are emotes, something very clever but that is lost on you and that’s fine; but to call it toxic… I don’t know Rick.

    • I will keep the comment as is, I was informed this is illegal in some regions. Marketing is… marketing & as someone that has worked for agencies I am knowledgeable enough to admit that some tactics are indeed invasive an/or dubious. No offense to anyone was intended.
    • bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Why on earth are they entitled to sign me up by default for emails? Especially when they often make sure the box to opt out is as easy to overlook as possible?

      You’ve got this backasswards.