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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · 5d

Please donate if you can! Going to see about having the remainder of my #TwitchStitch sessions this month be in fundraiser mode, and see how that goes.

String Theory Needlearts @stringtheoryneedlearts.com · 5d

Not my usual content, but this happened not far from us, and was all over the news here - Please consider a donation to Furkids, even if only to help them recoup from Monday's terrible accident. They're a wonderful organization, and no amount is too small.
More details @ mailchi.mp/furkids.org/...

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Shrum on Twitch 🔜 TwitchCon SD @therealshrum.bsky.social · 9d

Straight from the Twitch Partner Discord, posted on 10/10/25

If you lurk more than a couple of streams, you won't be counted as a viewer in any of them.

We’ve gotten a lot of questions about viewership and the impact of our viewbot mitigations. And, we’ve heard from some creators that they’ve observed unusual drops in their viewcounts. When we made updates to our viewbot detection tools earlier this year, our goal was to make sure that viewcounts represent actual viewership, and aren’t artificially inflated in any way. Having accurate viewcounts is important for streamers who are trying to build their audiences, and for the livestream industry more broadly.

We recognize that for a lot of our creators, Twitch is a livelihood, and we don’t take that lightly. Addressing viewbots is a balancing act — we want to identify artificial views without affecting real viewers, and that’s a constant tension. We continue to evolve our systems to get better at spotting and removing viewbots, while making sure we’re counting real views accurately. We really appreciate the feedback and questions, as they help us keep improving how we do this.

We’ve seen a lot of different theories about why some viewcounts may have shifted and want to address some of the most prominent directly.

There’s been a lot of conversation about how lurkers are counted. A lot of factors can impact viewership over time, including ad blockers, seasonality, and whether you recently hosted an event on your channel. After some investigation by our teams, we’ve identified one factor that may be impacting several streamers:
Some viewers use third party browser extensions to view streams.,
For example, with one plug in, you feed in your Twitch follower list, and when a streamer from that list goes live, the plug in opens a tab for that stream.
For years, we’ve counted a limited number of sessions per IP address towards viewcount. If you have a lot of streams (more than a normal viewer could reasonably watch) open in many different tabs, our systems may determine you are not actively watching, and you will not be counted in any of those streams as a viewer.

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · 15d

Thanks for the great show tonight @neildegrassetyson.com and happy birthday! :)

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · 24d

Community challenge redeemed to #crochet earlier this month - Finished last week but forgot to post: behold my trapezoidal placemat! Clearly missed the occasional stitch on a turn... We return to our regularly scheduled #TwitchStitch with my Chatelaine in a few hours, swing on by and say hi!

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Sep 21

Just gonna leave this awesome mashup here, on this day of days ;-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5fa...

Foo Fighters - Walk But It's September By Earth, Wind & Fire

YouTube video by William Maranci Mashups

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Sep 17

Making progress on my Saturday #TwitchStitch - more/different trees to work on, but at least I appear to have moved on from all that teal!

Amazing Earth to Universe by Chatelaine Designs

chatelaine.de/downloads/on...

#stitchsky #crossstitch #chatelainestitching

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Sep 12

Sept's weeknight on-stream project, courtesy of a community challenge - #crochet coaster-turned-napkin, which is on its way to napkin-turned-placemat...and will probably end up a small table runner, as I plan to use up all the yarn for this project. Chatelaine #TwitchStitch coming on Saturday tho!

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Sep 12

I have the snapdragon of this series in my stash ;-) Good luck at your show!

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Sep 3

Weeknight #TwitchStitch this month is detouring for some yarnplay. Community Challenge is being redeemed - folks wanted me to #crochet. Punchline - I don't know how to crochet, but can RTFM. Many thanks for the co-parenting/coaching efforts from chat last night with my coaster-turned-placemat!

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Sep 2

#AtlantaTraffic gives no reasons to smile, but seeing this on my morning commute today did! Alas, I don't have a dog, hope @weratedogs.com doesn't mind that I pay this fwd to anybody who needs to borrow it - Plz tell your pooch the person in the grey Mini Cooper says hi (and me, obvs)

Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Aug 28

Nope, sorry :)

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String Theory Needlearts @stringtheoryneedlearts.com · Aug 19

So thrilled to be teaming up with makeitpink.net to provide custom bead packs for their charts! Please be patient, as these packs are a bit of new territory for us - but we have a foundation of beads ready for assembly, with more on the way!
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#shoplife #needlearts #crossstitch #ShopSmall

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Aug 8

That tail, tho! one of our girls looked like that as a kitten, ended up being ragdoll'ish as she matured. Frank's gonna be such a floofy beast once he grows into it ;-)

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Aug 2

Wrapped up July's #TwitchStitch on Thursday w/ this little dragon holding a mistletoe sprig - part of the ChristMYTH freebie #crossstitch series from DragonDreams.

Stitched w/ called-for DMC & Kreinik, on Ant. White Zweigart evenweave. Stork tweezers for scale 🤪

#stitchsky #needlework

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 29

;-)

Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 25

Reminds me of those folks on the airport tarmacs, who guide the airplanes at the gates ;-)

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 25

oh noooooooooooo!

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 25

Sounds like someone's had a rough week and it shorting out ;-) TGIF!

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String Theory Needlearts @stringtheoryneedlearts.com · Jul 25

FYI - will be submitting an order on Monday to restock twin-point tapestry needles, if anybody wants in on some (or anything else, obvs)? Four sizes available - 22/24/26/28. Thanks in advance and happy Friday!
#shoplife #crossstitch #needlework

www.stringtheoryneedlearts.com/index.php?ma...

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 24

So cute, and congratz on the finish! I've had this ornament series in my to-do pile for eons, I should get around to stitching them sometime ;-)

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · Jul 23

to disable the fucking AI chatbot in Firefox:

* go to about:config
* set browser.ml.chat.enabled to false

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 24

"There can be only one"? ;-)

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 17

These are so cute! That lemon frog reminds me of the "qwest" sprout from swordcomics ;-)

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 17

a woman with a surprised look on her face says i 'm old !

ALT: a woman with a surprised look on her face says i 'm old !

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Zyrustana @zyrustana.xyz · Jul 16

I cheated and used a bead for its eye because I suck at french/colonial knots :P

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