Chrome Extension for Lurkers

[BarryCarlyon]

@yrk06

The second feature is the one that might not be inside TOS, it is a known fact that when you raid another channel, this will add referrer=raid in the URL, and having that query parameter prevents your view to be counted in the Average Viewers, The problem is when you raid a channel you are already following and you watch, this would imply that you are watching a stream you like but without counting towards the growth, thus the second feature for the extension is to Auto remove referrer=raid from the URL only in channels that the user is already following prior to the raid.

Removing/reloading doesn’t do anything despite what the wider community thinks. Since Twitch doesn’t just use the query string parameter to determine if you came in on a raid, thats if they even do use that parameter for raid referrals.

@yrk06

The extension has 2 features designed right now: A better volume control, which wouldn’t require the user to mute the tab (since people can watch multiple stream/co streams and they might want to lurk in one stream while watching another).

This has diminishing returns, in limited testing a user only counts to 1/2 of the streams they have open on their computer.

So your Extension doesn’t really do anything to help anyone, except burn bandwidth/data on the end viewers computer. (Like how tabs will auto dequality when you unfocus them)

@yrk06

I’ve already read Developer agreement Comunity guidelines and Fake Engagement and I still have some doubts about this idea.

Legal advice might be better sought on legal@twitch.tv all you’ll get here is opinions