correct me if i am wrong but i always though twitch was a free streaming site where i went to see live Dota2 streams and the only thing that was available was tipping platform the same bots as on reddit for bitcoin and other altcoins.
but what are these payments for?
The idea is indeed that you can tip the gamers if they have a nice stream or if they do something that you ask for.
I'm not very familiar with twitch as I never made an account, but I often see some streams over there and see tips raining in with values of multiple dollars. My guess is then than it is just a new method to fund your account for tipping purposes.
Nice nonetheless, although I'm a bit afraid that it doesn't really stand out among all the other options. A bitcoin logo that redirects to coinbase would be much better in terms of promotion.
the only feature on twitch that I have seen which requires money apart from the tipping platforms is the Subscribe feature which is like 4-5 USD which doesn't even offer that much features to be honest.
these are the benefits according to the site:
Benefits include:
Directly Support the Broadcaster
Ad-Free*
Subscriber Badge:
8 Subscriber Emoticons
Chat During Subscriber-Only Mode
Not Affected By Chat Slow Mode
*With limited exceptions.
