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We've been listening to the feedback that is going around on socials, and what we've heard when Ed and I have been live on KICK Talk - so I wanted to give everyone an update on what we've done about it.

First one was that we weren't featuring enough people and the front page was a little too static and sticky for creators that were featured for extended periods of time. Our feature team has pushed hard on this, working with our account management and partnerships teams, and we've now featured over 3,000 creators over the last two weeks.

Second was around our homegrown and loyal creators. The ones who've been grinding with us for ages but haven't quite hit the metrics to get partnered and monetised. We went through the data (and jumped in a lot of chats) and we're partnering over 100 creators immediately. If that includes you, you'll be getting an email from us over the next 24 hours.

We know it's not a perfect science and data can't drive all decisions so if you feel like you should have been included and have been rocking with us for years? Send your pitch to kickpartners@kick.com and tell us how and why you meet the criteria we mentioned on KICK Talk. We're talking 2-3 years streaming on KICK and close to achieving partner, but if you're not quite there we may be able to help with that final push. OGs deserve to be acknowledged by the platforms they helped build.

Speaking of creators who've been with us through the whole journey, we're currently designing an OG Streamer Badge that will be rolled out to our most consistent and loyal streamers who've been here since near the start of KICK. We haven't locked in a name yet, so we want your help. Drop your best name ideas below.

Please keep the feedback coming. It helps us improve and shapes what we work on next, so keep it honest and keep it coming.
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October on KICK. Here's everything that shipped 👇

For streamers
• OG badges for up to 100 of your earliest supporters
• 7-day streaming calendar, category artwork and one-tap "Add to Calendar" on your channel
• Got an event idea? Pitch it to us at streamer.kick.com/events
• Go Live app: customise your stream, add animated alerts and let viewers react on screen
• Polls and Predictions are easier to find and start
• Mods can open mod view on offline channels
• Leaderboards for most gifted streamers hourly

For viewers
• New Events homepage showing what's featured, live and coming up, all in one place
• KICK is now on LG TVs (what device is next?)
• Following Calendar: see when everyone you follow is going live
• New to KICK onboarding flow? Pick your categories, follow your first streamers and claim your first reward
• Last hour's global leaderboard winner now streams on the homepage
• Earn KICKs badges for sending KICKs and show them off on channel leaderboards
• Nearly 5,000 new game categories and updated art
• Live channel and viewer counts on the homepage, plus a daily reward countdown
• On mobile: send unban requests and see how many people are chatting

Which one are you trying first? And with the room we have left in November what do we need to get done?

November's already in the works 💚
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September was a big one for KICK. VOD downloads, Roku, Events Hub, Levelling 2.0, Reserved Accounts, 2x channel points and plenty more. The devs are working as hard as ever. October's next 💚
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🚀 August went kinda crazy at @kick ; wait til September post to see even crazier items (p.s who is liking the GTA RP section!?)🚀

Here's what went live on KICK last month.

For streamers:
- Streaming Calendar - creators can schedule upcoming streams, which viewers can see directly on their channel
- Active chatter count - see how many viewers are engaging in the chat, not just watching
- Unban requests - viewers can now submit requests on web and mobile
- Revenue tooltips for creators in the Streamer Dashboard

For viewers:
- Edit your profile on the mobile app - avatar, handle and bio
- Streaks and Daily Rewards - track how consistently you show up by claiming daily rewards that add to your overall streak
- Hover over chat to slow it down so nothing gets missed
- Share engagement badges to other socials
- 11 new languages - Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Romanian and Slovak (what other languages should we do next?)
- Help Centre refresh with updates for streamers and viewers (these look cleannnn)
- Channel Points - earn by subscribing or following and by sending Kicks

Still some room in the product and engineering space for additional wins (so pls drop some ideas') but between now and 27' we are going to continue to push out great update after great update.