I& #39;ve had a ton of people reach out to me over the last few months curious about my experience on Facebook Gaming.

Things went incredibly well for me, so why did I switch to Twitch? It& #39;s amazing how quickly things can go from good to total shit-storm.

Long thread to follow:
Algorithm Dependency:

Your channel on FBG is 100% controlled by FBG& #39;s algorithm. If their algorithm doesn& #39;t favor you, you& #39;re doomed to fail.
To maintain that favor: play only popular games, don& #39;t vary your content, never take a break, don& #39;t link to your external socials,
change your description each stream, don& #39;t cuss, don& #39;t make adult-related jokes; you can& #39;t *just* stream & you MUST post daily clips, use your stories, & just so much more... The platform is filled with "do& #39;s & don& #39;ts" & it& #39;s not consistent for everyone. You do 1 thing to upset
that algorithm & you& #39;re fucked.
Everything was awesome for me up until I took a 2-week break. After that, no matter what I tried, I couldn& #39;t get back into the algorithm& #39;s favor. For MONTHS. Due to that, I couldn& #39;t reach more than 5% of my following & that was on a GOOD
day (actual stats, not an exaggeration), and my reach towards new viewers was completely non-existent. This leads directly into my next point-
Window Shoppers:

On other platforms, viewers browse through a game they want to watch to find new streamers. People don& #39;t do that on FBG. I could be in the top 3 streamers for any game I was playing, but new viewers simply didn& #39;t come by. I& #39;ve never been on any other platform
with such a skewed popularity to growth ratio! Top streamers grow, that& #39;s just how it works, except on FBG... if you& #39;re not showing up on people& #39;s timelines on FBG, you& #39;re not getting their view. How do you show up on their timelines, you ask? Yep, the algorithm& #39;s favor.
FB Jail:

Don& #39;t chat in a stream these days. Seriously. You& #39;ll probably get sent to FB Jail for anywhere from 24-hours to a week. Doesn& #39;t even matter if you said "I like your pug". You could get auto-flagged & when you repeal it& #39;ll probably be denied. It& #39;s stupid.
Chargeback Protection:

The upside to using platform currency is that they offer chargeback protection! Encourage the use of Stars & you don& #39;t have to worry about the assholes refunding, right? WRONG. FBG allows people to refund Stars, & for a long time after sending. Good luck.
Notifications:

They don& #39;t work.
It& #39;s Facebook:

Seriously, every other week you see hashtag trends like # DeleteFacebook # FuckFacebook # CancelFacebook, etc etc... People do NOT like Facebook. The younger generation isn& #39;t using it & ours is slowly doing away with it. If they want to succeed, they must consider
changing their name & separating themselves from FB. You don& #39;t see people upset at Instagram all the time, but if it were called "FacebookPictures" I guarantee people would feel entirely different about it (Facebook owns Insta for those who may not know). Branding matters.
It& #39;s Not The Platform, It& #39;s The Streamers:

Every other post on my timeline, every FBG Discord I was in... someone& #39;s upset & talking about how broken FBG has been the last few months. Streamers & Partners, anywhere from a couple thousand followers to literally HUNDREDS of
thousand, ALL saying "something isn& #39;t right here".

No matter what we did, what proof we showed, staff would always come back with "You just have to do better" or "try doing this or that instead".

I& #39;m sorry, but if 85% your streamers are saying something is broken, maybe
you should listen? There& #39;s no way someone amassed a following of 400k followers, & then one day ALL their viewers just decide "wow this streamer actually sucks, I don& #39;t want to watch anymore". The only streamers arguing with the rest of us saying "FBG isn& #39;t broken, look at my
channel I& #39;m doing great!", they& #39;re literally the ones bending over backwards to conform to the algorithm. We can& #39;t be ourselves on FBG, we MUST be the way FBG wants us to be. Those who conform thrive & see nothing wrong. FBG throws non-conformists in the trash.
I& #39;m not trying to burn bridges with FBG. I truly believe if they listened to their streamers that it could be the best streaming platform out there! However, I& #39;m not going to sit back silently either when there are serious problems affecting everyone. When the VP of the platform
responded with "it& #39;s not the platform, it& #39;s the streamers", that was the end of FBG for me. [Said conversation was immediately deleted]

TL;DR - FBG can be the best or worst streaming platform you& #39;ve worked on, it depends on who you want to be: cookie-cutter streamer or *you*?
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