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Google, which runs YouTube Gaming, did not answer WIRED’s question about its approach to verification. Facebook Gaming asks anyone participating in chat to have a Facebook account.

Twitch is introducing a new feature, Hype Chat, that lets users pay to pin messages at the top of a streamer’s chat feed. If you’ve seen YouTube’s Super Chats, Hype Chats will feel familiar.

Elevated chat is just a test for now, but it adds a more direct way for viewers to pay their favorite streamers in chat and one that doesn’t involve buying bits (Twitch’s virtual currency ...

Many YouTube streamers, like Myth and FaZe Swagg, are switching to Twitch for better revenue and features. Twitch offers a better chat system and revenue streams, even if it hurts the viewer ...

YouTube is taking Twitch head-on with subscriber-only chat, viewer polls for all, and Clips for channels with over 1,000 subscribers.