We did a lot different with Twitch than Justin.tv. The biggest thing was to focus on streamers, whereas originally it was more about the audience. This meant we worked on tools for streamers, which we improved over time. Making money was important to streamers, even small amounts, so we added tipping features. This was a big deal, because Justin.tv gave streamers some social status by having lots of viewers, but it was a big deal to even be able to make an extra $50/month. We also redesigned the whole website to allow streamers to be discovered based on which game they were playing, sorted in
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