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Popular°hard word Amazon-owned°hard word game streaming platform°hard word Twitch°hard word announced Wednesday that it will be imposing°hard word a 100-hour limit on the archived°hard word video°hard word highlights°hard word users°hard word can preserve°hard word permanently on the site°hard word. And while Twitch°hard word says that only 0.5 percent°hard word of users°hard word will be affected°hard word by these new limits, gamers°hard word are warning that the move threatens°hard word to eradicate°hard word large swaths°hard word of recent°hard word gaming°hard word history from the Internet.
On social°hard word media°hard word, though, many Twitch°hard word users°hard word are expressing°hard word outrage°hard word over what the loss of these clips will do to the shared history of their gaming°hard word communities°hard word. "Who the hell°hard word cares about discovery or engagement°hard word?" one streamer wrote. "People use highlights°hard word to archive°hard word, and you're destroying YEARS of speedrunning°hard word and other communities'°hard word history."
The speedrunning°hard word community°hard word seems particularly likely to be negatively°hard word affected°hard word by Twitch's°hard word move. As VTuber°hard word VanityFox°hard word points out, "many speedrunners°hard word use highlights°hard word to document°hard word world°hard word records and important moments... the amount gaming°hard word history they are deleting°hard word to save money and shove°hard word short form content°hard word on your feed is incalculable°hard word."
🔥 the word "incalculable°hard word" does not mean what they think it does.
💡 I tend°hard word to be opposed°hard word to this aggressive°hard word fetishization°hard word of archives°hard word. There is no value to much of this content°hard word; the fact that there is a lot of no-value°hard word content°hard word, if anything°hard word, makes it even less valuable°hard word.
Of course, there is some entitlement°hard word of you have to do this thing for me for free. And, the arguments that "it's too expensive°hard word for streamers°hard word to keep their own archives°hard word" are ... also bad.
There is also "just upload°hard word it to Youtube°hard word! Youtube°hard word will store everything!" With the 💡 correct reply that Youtube°hard word will probably stop doing°hard word "unlimited°hard word free video°hard word storage°hard word" soon as well.
💡 it is slightly odd that they don't seem to be allowing for the option°hard word of "pay us to keep more than 100 hours of highlights°hard word". although, at some point, they aren't highlights°hard word, they're just an archive°hard word 🔥 of crap°hard word.