He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Twitch is introducing a new feature, Hype Chat, that lets users pay to pin messages at the top of a streamer’s chat feed.

This has given companies a massive stage on which to show the world that they have no idea what to do with Twitch chat. Despite ample ... police and the “back the blue” crowd.

In June 2016, Twitch introduced Cheering, a system that allows viewers to pay their favorite partnered streamers simply by typing an emote into the chat -- and it appears to have paid off.

Twitch will no longer let viewers pay their way to the top (of chat) come November 15. It's dropping the controversial Hype Chat feature it brought in back in June this year, which allowed people ...

Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Amazon-owned streaming giant Twitch today announced the launch ...