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Quicks thoughts on Kick after doing my first stream there: • Some of you have expressed disappointment in me streaming there at all - that's fair, some of the behavior they've allowed is deplorable and I can respect taking a hard stance to never associate with Kick because of it. • Figured out Streamerbot integration - it's actually super easy thanks to the hard work of @sehelitar • Sub splits are nice - though it won't be the determining factor in whether I continue to stream there. Relying on sub revenue for income is still mega cringe and something I've never been fully comfortable with. • Viewers were for the most part "normal". Not as edgy as I expected. • Talked with Eddie - appreciated that he was communicative and transparent - though that is to be expected from the "underdog" streaming platform. • Bot spam - absolutely out of fucking control. I would 100% not recommend showing Kick chat on stream if you multistream to Twitch - not just because Twitch doesn't allow it - but it's as bad or worse than Twitch was 5 years ago. Not good. Twitch's tools to handle this are much further developed. • Kick desperately needs to change their UI/features to not just be a direct clone of Twitch. This shit is not only shameless - but there are tonnes of opportunities to provide features that can be even better than Twitch and they're not there yet. You guys constantly blast Twitch for not having discoverability - Kick deserves the same criticism. Overall - it's just a streaming platform lol. Not interested in debating which platform is "best". There are no perfect platforms. Every platform sucks for different reasons. I'll give it a month to decide whether I want to continue streaming there. But seriously though, Kick deserves to be blasted for the UI stuff until they actually provide features that aren't completely identical to Twitch, and I plan to hold them accountable for that.