“I don’t think Kick is bad,” Ninja says in the above video. “And obviously it’s incredible for competition, of course. Competition breeds amazing deals.”

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BeardedBlevins wanted to get a little bit more out of Ninja, so he asked the former Twitch star why Kick might succeed where Mixer seemingly failed. Ninja’s biggest issue with Mixer? Creating an account was far too complicated.

The main issue with Mixer compared to Kick, and it’s abundantly clear, [is] it took too long to get things done, right? There was like 80 different billion people [sic] that had to reach out to somebody else who had to reach out to somebody else who had to reach out to Microsoft who had to reach out to somebody up top at Microsoft even more to get, like, confirmation to change anything. Right? So, when I went over to the platform, my moderators had several calls with Mixer employees about improvements that everyone in my stream, and myself included, [could] be doing differently that would just help the site out. Several calls, hours wasted. And one of them simply being—there’s several—but one of the main issues was there needed to be an easier way to sign up and make your username, right? I had to have every one of my family members, including Jessica [ Blevins], [get] direct help from a Mixer employee to make an account. Like, that is unbelievably not OK.

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Kotaku reached out to Ninja for comment.

Streamers on Kick are getting large moneybags

Creating an account on Kick is pretty easy, requiring just your birthday, email address, username, and password. So, that’s one leg up Kick has over Mixer. But the primary aspect that has streamers new and old interested in the new kid-on-the-livestreaming-block is Kick’s 95-to-5 revenue split, with streamers keeping 95 percent of the money their subscriptions bring to the platform.

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Most of these subscriptions, however, are gifted subs. As the name suggests, a gifted sub is a way for viewers to hand out one-month subscriptions to a streamer’s channel to another user. By doing this, viewers can help each other bypass annoying on-screen ad reels while directly supporting their fave streamers. However, as some folks mentioned, including Ninja, the revenue coming from gifted subs is “extremely volatile” and “incredibly unstable.” Still, Kick co-owner Tyler “Trainwreckstv” Niknam clarified that Kick “will not touch your sub revenue,” and Ninja suggested streamers “move to Kick” to get the bag. So, although there’s trepidation about the long-term sustainability of Kick’s revenue split, it appears folks are enticed by the short-term profit margins.

It’s worth noting, though, that Kick’s moderation is lacking, to say the least. The platform and some of its stars, including Adin Ross and Heelmike, have drawn ire for broadcasting overtly sexual content. The terms of service are also incredibly lenient, letting creators get away with things like streaming the Super Bowl despite the possible lawsuit it could bring. Kick may be a nice way for some streamers to earn more money without going live for as long, but it’s also a place where extremist and other problematic content can fester.

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While Kick is the newest platform to enter into the livestreaming space, creators have a number of viable options. You’ve still got the reigning champion Twitch, of course, but YouTube Live has been making strides as well, especially considering its 70-to-30 revenue split when compared to Twitch’s 50/50. There’s also Facebook Live, and TikTok got livestreaming capabilities about a year ago now. However, it’s Kick that’s garnering much of the attention. The platform’s signed some big creators, from the problematic Adin Ross to Chess.com grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura to popular Instagram vlogger Corinna Kopf. With Niknam suggesting that more signees are to be announced in the near future, it’ll be interesting to see how Kick disrupts the livestreaming world.

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