Twitch Halts Paid Channel Boosts After People Pay To Get Porn On The Front Page
After people pay to get porn on the front page, Twitch halts paid channel boosts.
It was destined to happen.
They began testing this new feature in October 2021.
But now that experiment has come to an end.
In December 2020, using free channel points and boosting originally debuted.
When a boost challenge is successfully completed, we'll promote your stream into highly visible parts of Twitch like 'Live channels we think you'll like', they said.
Promoting your stream helps improve your visibility and reach new audiences, they said.
Real money is involved in the paid boosts.
Only limiting factor with paid boosts is how much a person is willing to spend.
Many people expressed concern that the system favored channels that are already popular and the plan was not universally well received.
The Boost Train experiment has been paused because of some safety-related issues that came up during testing, they said.