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Who will subscribe to my streaming channel? The case of Twitch

  • Jina Kim
  • , Kunwoo Bae
  • , Eunil Park
  • , Angel P. Del Pobil
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Jaume I University

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Abstract

This paper investigates whether subscribers (paying viewers) can be identified by their chat messages in live streaming services, Twitch. Collecting data of twenty streamers on Twitch, this study conducts two studies: (i) presenting sentimental diferences of viewers' chat messages between unsubscribers (free viewers) and subscribers (paying viewers), and (ii) employing a set of machine learning-based classifiers which atempt to accurately identify subscribers. The results show that the machine learning-based classifiers with sentimental features provide the potentiality to identify paying viewers, suggesting their utility as a research toolkit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCSCW 2019 Companion - Conference Companion Publication of the 2019 Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages247-251
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450366922
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Nov 2019
Event22nd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2019, CSCW 2019 Companion - Austin, United States
Duration: 9 Nov 201913 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Conference

Conference22nd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2019, CSCW 2019 Companion
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period9/11/1913/11/19

Keywords

  • Live streaming
  • Sentiment analysis
  • Twitch

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