Jacob Woodsey

Design @twitch. Husband of @norahwoodsey.

[Jacob Woodsey @squelch]

@Avoristrib This was an error and it should be fixed now. Please DM me if you don’t receive a gift card, thanks!

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@Smitzelplix @Luzinosity @zachbussey Working on it! For now we reverted to the old message.

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@HipDiscovery @zachbussey No problem! That’s a complex question but there are multiple factors that contribute to whether Twitch can and does count a live viewer. Most browsers disable the player when it’s muted and backgrounded. We also have systems to prevent viewbotting that affect individual sessions.

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@Yovska @zachbussey Nope, the ad break timer will continue to count down and you’ll return to the stream at the same time as everyone else. The synchronous experience of Twitch is very important.

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@ambershee @zachbussey This shouldn’t impact your ability to multitask while watching Twitch. The stream will return when the ad break is complete, if it doesn’t that’s a bug!

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@HipDiscovery @zachbussey Advertisers know if the ad is audible and visible and don’t pay for muted, invisible ads. If we did run them anyway, the advertiser may choose not to run ads on Twitch in the future. The stream will return after the ad break is complete.

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@MrGrimm8 @zachbussey It should just stay for the duration of the streamers’ ad break!

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@Luzinosity @zachbussey Luckily this is not what’s happening! If the streamer starts an ad break and you’re not around we don’t show the ad to an empty room (better for everyone). The countdown continues and the stream will return.

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@zachbussey Two reasons we switched to a native implementation:
1. They prevented folks from adjusting their appearance which impacts accessibility
2. The library we were using didn’t support RTL and we wanted to make sure users of those languages could enjoy twitch.

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@KristyT I used to look down on the idea of instrument rental but we’ve found the instruments are in good shape and it’s much cheaper up front if you’re not certain

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@tdrobbo @Whatnot @stevemz @tbfaux Someone finally did it! You actually called it boosts, well done

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@JOverrated @zachbussey Yes

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@pfaieta @zachbussey Hi Paolo - we’ve had a user-selected chat color since nearly the beginning of the service. Many chatters value the option to express themselves. Dark/light mode also magnifies the problem. This feature ensures that usernames are readable for all viewers. Ty for the feedback 😁

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@jarques @schirra @ikeadrift @nocturnugg 👀

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@eshear Omg why was that game so incredible

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@eshear This chart could tell you two stories: kids are safer from cars because parents keep them away from other drivers or parents are bad at risk calculation and it’s safer outside.

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@Mucx After all these years you’d think we’d have taken the time to replace it with something not so terrible 🤔

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@cyrusphall fwiw no one seems to make an electric station wagon that can fit 5 people comfortably with car seats. So banning them would be good but we need to change regs to get small cars that can fit families too!

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@tdrobbo Found out this week that on ios, Google doesn’t implement “read to me” for docs so they’re nearly inaccessible.

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The world needs an AI that will troll humans when they ask loaded questions.

[Aaron Sibarium @aaronsibarium]

ChatGPT says it is never morally permissible to utter a racial slur—even if doing so is the only way to save millions of people from a nuclear bomb.