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Twitch has partnered with Monstercat, allowing content creators to bypass the requirements to obtain affiliate status. Considering the requirements for affiliate were already low, this makes it easier for new streamers to monetize their content.

Monstercat outlined the new program in a post on its website today. If streamers subscribe to Monstercat Gold for $5 per month, they now gain access not only to a library of songs they can play during their streams, but also Twitch affiliate status. Affiliate is Twitch’s first monetization tier, which allows streamers to gain paid subscribers and Bits, which are basically a donation currency. Before this year, the only way to become an affiliate was to unlock it by having at least 50 followers, 500 total minutes broadcast, an average of 3 or more concurrent viewers, and streaming on 7 different days.

This is similar to a program that Twitch launched with SoundCloud earlier this year, which allowed SoundCloud subscribers to get fast-tracked to affiliate status. But that promotion was focused on musicians. This one, theoretically, is aimed at everybody.

Read More: https://kotaku.com/streamers-baffled-by-...1845699128

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I feel like this is more of a "make money for twitch" move than anything else. It somewhat defeats the point of affiliate existing. It didn't take much to earn, and now it takes zero effort at all to get it. However, it's an interesting way of doing things, given the current issues around streaming music and the DMCA takedowns.