History / Maker entry001
Horipro's own DK-96 pages describe a built, not performed, idol
Archived Horipro pages, not fan lore, are the surviving record of the DK-96 virtual idol project.
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Retrospective maker entries / 100 entries
The archive
Rigging tools, streaming stacks, agency records, platform features and the older precedents behind VTubing, each read for the setup, the craft and how the creator stays in control.
Historical event dates and source dates are separate from the preparation date of this local edition. Every entry is a retrospective draft prepared 16 September 2026; none was published on its historical date.
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History / From the archive002
Crypton dates Hatsune Miku's software release to 31 August 2007
Crypton Future Media's own materials date the vocal-synthesizer release, distinct from Miku's later concert and meme culture.
Event: 31 August 2007
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History / From the archive003
YouTube's own record dates Ami Yamato's channel to May 2011
YouTube's channel metadata and the creator's official site are the clearest dated records of this early CG vlogger persona.
Event: 18 May 2011
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History / From the archive004
Kizuna AI's own biography dates A.I.Channel to 1 December 2016
Kizuna AI Inc.'s official biography documents the channel's launch date and its own self-described 'world's first' claim.
Event: 1 December 2016
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History / From the archive005
Cover Corp dates Hololive's first VTuber debut to September 2017
Cover Corp's own company page ties its June 2016 founding to a first VTuber debut in September 2017.
Event: 1 September 2017
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History / From the archive006
Nijisanji launched in 2018 under the company later renamed ANYCOLOR
Ichikara Inc.'s own archived pages and later corporate materials date Nijisanji's 2018 launch and its path to ANYCOLOR.
Event: 1 February 2018
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History / From the archive007
Dwango and Infinite Loop released VirtualCast on 13 April 2018
The platform's own archived homepage records its 13 April 2018 release, months before a dedicated operating company existed.
Event: 13 April 2018
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History / Maker entry008
VShojo's own 2020 site names seven founding talents before launch
The earliest archived VShojo homepage lists its founders, a talent-first mission, and a pending launch video.
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History / From the archive009
Ichikara Inc. renamed itself ANYCOLOR ahead of a public listing
The company's own May 2021 rebrand notice names its former identity as Ichikara, not any other prior name.
Event: 1 May 2021
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History / From the archive010
Kizuna AI's own biography dates a 2022 hiatus and 2025 return
Kizuna AI Inc.'s official history documents a stated hiatus, a new producing company, and an exact return date.
Event: 26 February 2025
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry011
VRoid Studio's manual ties free modeling to a licensable VRM export
Pixiv's own VRoid Studio pages describe a free 3D modeling workflow that exports to VRM with per-model license terms the creator sets.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry012
VRoid Hub's license fields turn a model upload into a legal choice
VRoid Hub's own permission-settings and buying-guide documentation set who may reuse, redistribute or sell a published avatar.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry013
Live2D's Cubism manual turns a flat illustration into a rig
The official Cubism Editor manual documents a fixed pipeline from PSD layers to meshes, deformers and parameters, not one version's feature list.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry014
Live2D's SDK license sets a 20 million yen line for VTuber tools
Live2D's own SDK release-license page sets a free development tier and a paid tier keyed to a stated annual sales threshold.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry015
nizima's buying guide licenses purchased Live2D models for VTubing
nizima's own guide states a purchased illustration or Live2D model carries a usage license covering VTuber activity.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry016
VTube Studio's plugin API draws a hard line at webcam access
The official wiki documents a WebSocket plugin API that can drive parameters and hotkeys but is explicitly barred from webcam or personal data access.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry017
The iPhone perfect sync pipeline runs through VTube Studio's own feed
VSeeFace's own manual defines perfect sync as all 52 ARKit blendshapes, a set VTube Studio documents sending from its iPhone tracker.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry018
Warudo's blueprint nodes replace Live2D-style layered rigging
Warudo's own handbook documents a visual blueprint system and a free-for-personal-use license distinct from Live2D-based rigging tools.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry019
3tene's usage policy splits free access by commercial status
PLUSPLUS Co.'s own site documents 3tene's VRM and Live2D support and a usage policy separating free, personal and business licenses.
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Avatar & rigging / From the archive020
LuppetX's own notice ends support as its operating company closes
LuppetX's own documentation records a free webcam-and-Leap-Motion pipeline and a company-dissolution notice ending paid support in October 2026.
Event: 23 August 2026
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry021
HTC's Vive Tracker documentation ties full-body rigs to base stations
HTC's own product pages define what the current Vive Tracker supports, not third-party accuracy claims.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry022
The Vive Ultimate Tracker traded base stations for onboard cameras
HTC's own blog and contemporaneous reporting place the base-station-free tracker's debut in late 2023.
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Avatar & rigging / From the archive023
HTC's headset-mounted facial tracker skipped the phone entirely
The Verge's 2021 report and HTC's current documentation together trace this camera-based lip and jaw tracker.
Event: 10 March 2021
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry024
Rokoko's support pages fill in a gap the product page leaves
Rokoko's product and support documentation together give the suit's sensor count, export formats, and setup steps.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry025
Movella's motion-capture line still answers to the Xsens name
Xsens's own product page documents a tiered inertial suit lineup and confirms the Movella-to-Xsens domain redirect.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry026
Noitom documents a 27-sensor suit built to be plug-and-play
Noitom's own site states the Perception Neuron 3 suit's sensor count and its wired PN Link alternative.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry027
Ultraleap documents a hand camera with a bundled use license
Ultraleap's product and developer sites together define the Leap Motion Controller 2's range, engines, and licensing.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry028
Apple's ARKit reference defines the coefficients trackers read
Apple's developer documentation, not any tracking app, sets the 52 named blend-shape coefficients and their 0.0-1.0 range.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry029
iFacialMocap is four separate apps, not one, by its own account
DevelopW LLC's own site distinguishes a free and paid iOS app from two separate desktop receivers.
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Avatar & rigging / Maker entry030
MediaPipe's open model quietly speaks ARKit's blendshape language
Google's own documentation shows Face Landmarker outputs 52 blendshape scores, the same count ARKit defines.
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Streaming stack / Maker entry031
OBS Studio's compositing model is scenes stacked with sources
OBS Project's own knowledge base defines how scenes, sources and capture types combine to build a VTuber's broadcast frame.
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Streaming stack / From the archive032
OBS 30.1 and 30.2 shipped alpha and multitrack features in 2024
GitHub release notes date OBS's premultiplied alpha and multitrack streaming additions to March and July 2024.
Event: 12 March 2024
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Streaming stack / Maker entry033
The OBS-NDI plugin now ships under the name DistroAV
The project's own GitHub repository documents its 2024 rename and what its NDI source, output and filter features do.
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Streaming stack / Maker entry034
A StreamElements overlay is a browser source built from widget files
The company's own site and widget repository describe an OBS browser-source plugin and a documented four-file widget format.
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Streaming stack / Maker entry035
Streamlabs Desktop packages OBS's scene model with its own widgets
Streamlabs' own help pages document a separate broadcast app, its scene collections, and a plugin bridge back into base OBS.
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Streaming stack / Maker entry036
A Twitch Extension runs on Twitch's servers, not the streamer's PC
Twitch's developer docs define Extension types, sandboxing, and the review rules before one reaches a channel.
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Streaming stack / From the archive037
Discord's 2021 Stage channels still use the roles it launched with
A 2021 launch post and a current FAQ both document the moderator, speaker and audience roles in Stage channels.
Event: 31 March 2021
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Streaming stack / Maker entry038
A Stream Deck key is only as reliable as its plugin
Elgato's own SDK and Marketplace docs define plugin IDs, device key counts, and where a shared profile can fail.
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Streaming stack / Maker entry039
VDO.Ninja routes video peer-to-peer, not through its own servers
The project's own docs describe WebRTC PUSH and VIEW links, an AGPL license, and a stated minimum user age of 16.
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Streaming stack / Maker entry040
Restream's own pricing page states its multistreaming limits
Restream's pricing and product pages document channel counts per tier and a stated delay under two seconds.
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Audience & platforms / From the archive041
YouTube's help center treats Super Chat as a tip, not a salary
YouTube's own support pages define Super Chat and Super Stickers eligibility and mechanics without promising creators a fixed income.
Event: 31 January 2017
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry042
YouTube's memberships policy ties recurring pay to strict perk rules
YouTube's help center defines channel memberships as monthly, perk-based payments bound by strict content rules, not a flat creator wage.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry043
Twitch's own partner page fixes sub tiers and a flat cent per Bit
Twitch's official partner page sets subscription price points and a fixed one-cent-per-Bit share, distinct from a streamer's full take-home.
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Audience & platforms / From the archive044
Partner Plus trades a subscriber floor for a fixed revenue raise
Twitch's own announcement sets Partner Plus's 350-subscriber qualifying bar, its 70/30 split, and its 1 October 2023 start date.
Event: 1 October 2023
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Audience & platforms / From the archive045
Twitch's labels classify mature content without changing reach
Twitch's own 2023 documentation defines Content Classification Labels and states plainly that using them does not change stream discoverability.
Event: 20 June 2023
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Audience & platforms / From the archive046
YouTube's disclosure rule targets realism, not animation
YouTube's own 2024 policy requires disclosure only for realistic altered or synthetic content, explicitly excluding animation and voice cloning.
Event: 18 March 2024
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry047
Patreon's published fee tables price its cut down to the cent
Patreon's own help pages document a new standard 10% platform fee, legacy plans as low as 5%, and exact per-payment processing rates.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry048
Fanbox sets its cut by content rating, not by a paid tier
Pixiv Fanbox's own help pages fix a 10% fee for all-ages content and 12.9% for R-18 content, a different mechanic from Patreon's flat rate.
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Audience & platforms / From the archive049
Discord takes a documented cut of every server subscription
Discord's own terms set a 10% platform fee, a 6% desktop processing fee, and steeper mobile-store fees for Server Subscriptions.
Event: 6 December 2021
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Audience & platforms / From the archive050
Super Thanks extended tipping from live chat to any video
YouTube's own 2021 announcement documents Super Thanks as a one-time, per-video tip separate from Super Chat's live-only reach.
Event: 20 July 2021
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Performance & craft / Maker entry051
A model's idle sway comes from a documented pendulum, not chance
Cubism's own manual treats physics as an input-output pendulum chain tuned by a rigger, not an animation trick.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry052
VTube Studio hotkeys route through one documented action list
The app's own wiki lists two trigger methods and every action a hotkey can fire during a live show.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry053
A face tracker's blend shapes are only as complete as its own list
Apple defines the coefficients; a receiving app's own documentation defines which of them it actually reads.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry054
OBS documents a fixed order for its own audio filter chain
Default thresholds and gain values in OBS's own filter docs, not ear alone, set where each filter sits.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry055
Voicemeeter separates what a VTuber hears from what viewers hear
VB-Audio's own documentation describes bus-based routing that keeps a monitor mix distinct from a stream mix.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry056
Live2D built its own alternative to a third-party performance app
nizima LIVE's own documentation describes webcam or iPhone tracking inside Live2D's own performance app.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry057
VTube Studio calibration is one documented step, not a ritual
The app's own wiki gives one calibration path and names lighting and interference as separate failure modes.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry058
Warudo's own tutorial trades resolution for frame rate, not magic
The documented optimisation settings name resolution, environment complexity and GPU priority as the levers that matter.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry059
Motion Sync exports a viseme map before any microphone speaks
Cubism's own manual documents a six-shape audio pipeline with settings a rigger tunes before performance.
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Agencies & business / From the archive060
Cover Corp's own stock page dates its listing to March 2023
Cover Corp's investor-relations page and securities report both fix the Hololive parent's Tokyo listing at 27 March 2023.
Event: 27 March 2023
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Agencies & business / From the archive061
ANYCOLOR's FAQ dates its Tokyo listing to 8 June 2022
ANYCOLOR's investor FAQ and management message fix Nijisanji's parent's Growth Market debut before its move to Prime Market.
Event: 8 June 2022
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Agencies & business / From the archive062
Cover Corp's filed report splits revenue into four lines
Cover Corp's 8th-year securities report discloses FY2024 net sales of ¥30,166 million across streaming, events, goods and licensing.
Event: 1 July 2024
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Agencies & business / From the archive063
ANYCOLOR's 9th-year filing puts FY2026 revenue at ¥55.7 billion
ANYCOLOR's own securities report for the year to April 2026 discloses revenue, profit and a single-segment structure.
Event: 27 July 2026
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Agencies & business / Maker entry064
VShojo's own FAQ frames talent control as a slider, not a script
VShojo's company page and FAQ describe autonomy and kept IP rather than naming a specific legal employment status.
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Agencies & business / From the archive065
Cover Corp's own release dates hololive Justice to June 2024
Cover Corp's announcement names four debuting talents and June 2024 stream dates, a year later than a common shorthand.
Event: 19 June 2024
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Agencies & business / From the archive066
Cover Corp's 2020 release named hololive Indonesia's first three
Cover Corp's own press release and PDF name Risu, Moona and Iofifteen as hololive Indonesia's founding members.
Event: 6 April 2020
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Agencies & business / From the archive067
ANYCOLOR's own pages date NIJISANJI EN to May 2021, not 2020
ANYCOLOR's service page and talent database both fix NIJISANJI EN's debut a year later than a common shorthand.
Event: 15 May 2021
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Agencies & business / Maker entry068
Phase Connect's own site traces its earliest pages to mid-2021
Phase Connect's dated pages, not a stated founding-day announcement, place its start in mid-2021 outside the largest agencies.
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Agencies & business / From the archive069
ANYCOLOR bundles licensing revenue; Cover Corp reports it alone
ANYCOLOR's filing folds IP licensing into a wider Promotion figure, while Cover Corp discloses licensing as its own line.
Event: 27 July 2026
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Agencies & business / Maker entry070
A hololive FAQ line treats graduation as a service cutoff
COVER Corporation's own FAQ states what happens to fan mail after a hololive talent graduates, and little else.
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Agencies & business / From the archive071
Cover's 2021 graduation notice fixes dates, not a reason
The company's own June 2021 announcement sets a wind-down timeline for one hololive talent without stating a cause.
Event: 9 June 2021
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Agencies & business / From the archive072
A securities filing lists talent departure as a rated risk
COVER's fiscal 2025 annual securities report keeps VTuber popularity and activity continuity as a named business risk.
Event: 24 June 2026
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Agencies & business / From the archive073
ANYCOLOR's own filing names dependence on popular VTubers
The company's published risk-factor translation lists reliance on individual Livers as a named, rated business risk.
Event: 29 July 2022
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Agencies & business / Maker entry074
A Nijisanji EN audition page states its own eligibility bar
ANYCOLOR's audition site sets published age, exclusivity and process requirements for prospective NIJISANJI EN talent.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry075
YouTube ties channel ownership to a Brand Account, not a login
Google's own help pages set the mechanics and limits for changing who owns or manages a YouTube channel.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry076
Twitch's own terms bar selling or transferring an account
Twitch's Terms of Service and Monetized Streamer Agreement both forbid moving an account or its status to someone else.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry077
A paused YouTube channel keeps members for 120 days, then ends
YouTube's own help pages set exact timelines for memberships and Super Chat when a channel loses monetization.
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Safety & control / Maker entry078
Cover Corp's guidelines tell fans exactly what they may create
Cover Corp's own Derivative Works Guidelines define what fan art, clips and games may do with hololive characters without asking first.
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Safety & control / Maker entry079
ANYCOLOR licenses Nijisanji fan works only within its own rules
ANYCOLOR's own Guidelines for Secondary Creation define permitted derivative works, sales limits and clip rules for Nijisanji talents.
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Safety & control / Maker entry080
Crypton's own license sets the real rules for drawing Miku
Crypton Future Media's licensing pages define what non-commercial Hatsune Miku fan art may do, distinct from informal fan practice.
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Safety & control / From the archive081
YouTube's AI-disclosure label mostly skips animated avatars
YouTube's 2024 synthetic-content policy requires prominent labels for photorealistic AI content, not for animated avatars as such.
Event: 18 March 2024
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Safety & control / Maker entry082
VTube Studio keeps your face-tracking data off its servers
DenchiSoft's privacy page states VTube Studio collects no user data and keeps face-tracking data off its servers except on the local network.
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Safety & control / Maker entry083
Streamlabs treats your alert widget link like a password
Streamlabs' own help documentation treats the Widget URL as a private credential and lets a moderator screen alerts before they display.
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Safety & control / From the archive084
Twitch's Safety Advisory Council advises, it doesn't decide
Twitch's own 2020 posts describe a Safety Advisory Council that informs policy but has no role in individual moderation decisions.
Event: 14 May 2020
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Safety & control / Maker entry085
Cover and ANYCOLOR both put their harassment stance in writing
Cover Corp's harassment policy and ANYCOLOR's sustainability disclosures both state protective measures for talents, without naming any individual.
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Safety & control / Maker entry086
Content ID and a DMCA takedown are not the same process
YouTube's own help pages distinguish automated Content ID claims from the legal DMCA removal-request and strike process.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry087
Zaiko documents ticket access controls, not concert attendance
Zaiko's own site describes ticket types, fee choices and access controls behind the paid livestreams many VTuber agencies use.
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Audience & platforms / From the archive088
A hololive fes ticket page fixes price, dates and resale rules
Cover Corp's own after-screening event page states ticket prices, four screening dates and a ban on unauthorized resale.
Event: 29 August 2026
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Audience & platforms / From the archive089
ANYCOLOR's Nijisanji concert pages fix tiers before a seat sells
Two official Nijisanji event pages publish seat-tier prices, caps and a multi-phase lottery schedule ahead of general sale.
Event: 11 October 2026
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry090
YouTube's own live-stream tools stop short of built-in ticketing
YouTube's help pages document live-stream basics, a members-only restriction and Premieres, but no native paid single-event ticket.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry091
Super Thanks and Super Chat split YouTube fan payments by format
YouTube's own pages show Super Chat serves live streams and Premieres while Super Thanks was built for uploaded video instead.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry092
Discord's Boost levels turn fan spending into shared server perks
Discord's own FAQ ties emoji slots, audio quality and video limits to how many Boosts a community collectively buys.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry093
A Twitch Clip can outlive the broadcast it was cut from
Twitch's help article and its own terms show a 60-second Clip keeps circulating under a license the broadcaster cannot fully revoke.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry094
YouTube's community tab is now documented simply as Posts
YouTube's help pages describe text, image, poll, quiz and video posts, and cap how many a channel can publish per day.
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Performance & craft / Maker entry095
One relay bot decides which platforms share a VTuber's chat
Restream's own tables show only four destinations can receive a relayed comment, and three receive none at all.
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Agencies & business / Maker entry096
A fan-work guideline names no exception for a graduated character
COVER's Derivative Works Guidelines set one rulebook for hololive content, with no separate clause for former talent.
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Agencies & business / Maker entry097
ANYCOLOR's governance rules require sign-off on insider deals
The company's own governance guidelines set a board-approval bar for any related-party transaction.
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Safety & control / From the archive098
Twitch's harassment policy protects the person, not the face
Twitch's Hateful Conduct and Harassment Policy protects streamers by identity characteristics, regardless of whether a channel shows a face or an avatar.
Event: 22 January 2021
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry099
Twitch Raids send an audience to another channel, not a clip
Twitch's help article and a 2017 blog post show Raids evolved from a fan habit into a built-in, moderated handoff tool.
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Audience & platforms / Maker entry100
A YouTube Premiere turns an upload into a shared live moment
YouTube's help pages document Premiere scheduling, countdowns, eligible trailers and the monetization tools built around one launch.
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