Twitch now lets streamers tag channels in stream titles

Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch will now let streamers tag other channels in their stream titles, according to a Friday tweet from Twitch’s support account. It’s a small feature, but one that could be a really useful way for streamers to direct fans to interesting channels — and importantly, it’s a user-controlled tool. With the new feature, streamers can enter “@[channel]” into a stream title to create a link. If you, as a viewer, hover over one of those links, you’ll see a small card that lets you visit that person’s stream, follow them, or check out their social networks they’ve opted to highlight. Image: Jay Peters / The Verge Here’s what the new links look like. I could see a few different uses for this feature. It makes a lot of... Continue reading…