Kick staff have responded to frustration from viewers over “missing” features that have been promised in the past.
Kick’s leadership have now addressed the current state of updates to the site, revealing why new features have rolled out slowly over the years.
“This is what everyone’s asking, right? They’re asking about where the updates are. What’s going on, why are we not releasing as many updates as we like to,” said CEO Eddie Craven
“We were spit firing updates very quickly in the beginning, and we changed that.”
Kick’s CTO Dave Lemphers explained their reasoning behind the slower updates, saying that doing things slower has caused less issues.
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“I’m a huge believer in ‘slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.’ We have good engineering teams who ship with confidence. They make sure that they’re building products and features that are robust and ready for delivery,” he said.
“It doesn’t mean that we won’t be prioritizing important features, but we have to focus on stability.”
Back in June, Kick revealedthe launch of the IRL and Chat Roulette categoriesto help the website more effectively moderate content on its platform. On top of that, it gave viewers a better way to find streamers who are doing that particular kind of content.
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In July, the website launched a streamer-focused ‘bounties’ program that allows creators tocomplete challenges in exchange for rewards.
Dylan Horetski is a Senior Writer on Dexerto’s US team. He is an expert Entertainment reporter, covering Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Tech, and viral news. He also has bylines at IGN. You can contact him at: dylan.horetski@dexerto.com
