I think we need to have a real conversation about KICK and stop looking at everything through the lens of “How does this benefit me?” For a while, we were seeing smaller creators get put on the front page every day. Creators who were grinding. Creators who were streaming consistently. Creators who were trying to build something from the ground up. That exposure mattered. Someone who had 50, 100, 200 viewers could suddenly be put in front of thousands of people who had never seen them before. That could mean new followers, new subs, new viewers, new connections and sometimes a completely different trajectory for that creator. And instead of being happy that smaller creators were getting an opportunity, a lot of people complained because THEY weren’t the ones being featured. Now look at where we are. We have bigger creators getting that same type of exposure, and now people are complaining that they’re already big and don’t need it. See the problem? We can’t keep killing opportunities because we don’t personally benefit from them. And this goes beyond the front page. Look at KPP. The whole point of programs like KPP should be to reward creators who are consistently putting in the work, building real audiences, creating content and making KICK their home. KICK’s current Partner Program information talks about sustainable growth, consistency and genuine engagement for a reason. (Kick.com Help Center⁠) That doesn’t mean everybody deserves the same thing. It means there needs to be a path. There needs to be something for the creator who has 30 viewers today but is putting in the same effort that someone with 3,000 viewers was putting in when they started. Because let’s be real… Everybody wants the benefits of being discovered, but nobody wants to watch somebody else get discovered first. That’s where we have to grow as a community. If a smaller creator gets featured, support them. If somebody gets an opportunity through KPP, don’t immediately look for a reason they shouldn’t have it. If somebody gets recognized for putting in work, let them have their moment. And if something isn’t perfect, criticize the system constructively and push for it to get better. Don’t try to burn the whole thing down because you weren’t selected. KICK is still building. The creator ecosystem is still building. The next big streamer on this platform might have 75 viewers right now. The person you scroll past today could be the person everybody is watching two years from now. KICK’s own recommendation system is built around helping viewers discover channels they haven’t found yet. That’s literally what a healthy streaming platform needs: discovery. We need more ways for people to get discovered, not fewer. We need more opportunities for creators who are putting in the work, not less. And we need to stop letting personal feelings turn into community-wide problems. Because at the end of the day, if KICK wins, creators win. If creators win, communities win. And if the platform creates more successful creators, everybody benefits from that ecosystem. Don’t hate the opportunity because it didn’t have your name on it. Sometimes the best thing you can do for the community is let somebody else have their moment. Then keep grinding until it’s your turn.