Twitch has been a lifeline for me. The platform has offered an incredible sense of community and connection during some of my darkest times. The variety of content, from gaming to creative streams, allowed me to escape from my struggles and immerse myself in captivating worlds.I found solace in the chat, where I could interact with like-minded individuals who shared my passions. The streamers themselves became my virtual friends, providing a comforting presence even on my loneliest days. The ability to support and be supported by these creators, both emotionally and financially, gave me a sense of purpose.Twitch has saved my life by offering a distraction, a network of caring individuals, and a platform for personal growth. It's more than just a streaming site; it's a lifeline to a better, brighter world.

So when are you going to address that fact that people we follow sometimes don’t appear under the channels tab? They are not online, not hosting anyone and they are not offline, they are just gone. This isn’t recent, it’s been going on for a long time. If I wanna catch up on a stream I missed I sometimes have to go searching deep for the streamer. If you can’t remember the streamers name then your just gonna have to wait for them to reappear in the channel tab. I’ve had to resort to taking screenshots of streams I follow just so I can look them up again incase they go missing l.I don’t understand why there is no page that just lists all the people you follow/subscribe to. I don’t need to know if their online, hosting or haven’t steamed in 2 months. I just want an accurate list where the people I follow are ALWAYS there. And where you can better manage the notifications for people you follow without having to unfollow and follow them to change the notification.

I’ve mostly had a good experience with twitch, but that’s coloured by my bias for my favourite streamers on the platform. I’d rate the streamers 5/5, but the app itself is a 2/5 or lower, especially recently. There’s the usual persistent problems that I’ve grown used to, but an update to the app about 2-3 weeks ago now freezes my iPad whenever I tap on the text box to write a comment. The stream continues on, but all touch screen controls stop working while on the twitch app, and manual controls, such as going into the app viewer with a double click of the home button, take 4-5 seconds before they actually work. Even when closing the app - properly closing it, not just leaving it - the sound from the stream continues, with any touch screen inputs lagging for up to 10 seconds until the app finally closes properly and things go back to normal.I don’t know what caused this, but please fix it, it’s making it extremely frustrating to use the app.