Twitch provides a stronger sense of community compared to YouTube, where interactions are more fragmented.

Tim's secret feature inspired the subscription model for channels on Twitch and across the internet.

The difference in community engagement between Twitch and YouTube is significant; Twitch fosters a more interactive and meme-driven culture.

Paid subscribers can receive free gifts, such as subscription months, to encourage their friends to try the newsletter, which can lead to new subscriptions.

Some hijack users can actually lead to valuable insights; for instance, video gamers on Justin.tv prompted the idea for Twitch, which became a significant community.

At Twitch, we made a clear decision to prioritize the needs of streamers over viewers, focusing on streamers because they were the key to our platform's success, especially in the early days when there were only about 200 gaming streamers who mattered.

The core learning from Twitch was that if they could help streamers make money, those streamers would create content that millions wanted to watch.

The biggest decision we made at Twitch was to be generous with revenue share, which was painful for us but crucial for attracting and retaining streamers.

We pivoted Justin.tv into Twitch, focusing on video game streaming, which eventually sold to Amazon for $970 million in 2014.