Gifted sub
A subscription paid for by one viewer on behalf of another (a random chatter or a specific user).
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A subscription paid for by one viewer on behalf of another (a random chatter or a specific user). Gifted subs unlock the channel's emotes, badges, and ad-free viewing for the recipient. Big-spending viewers will gift 5, 50, even thousands of subs in a single drop, often triggering a sub train. Frequently shortened to 'gifty' or 'gifted'.
someone just dropped 100 gifted subs LULW
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A self-reinforcing wave of subscriptions to a channel: one person subscribes, others react, more sub to keep the chain going, often gifting subs along the way. Streamers sometimes explicitly call out a sub train and react in real time, which fuels more subs. Pairs naturally with gifted-sub culture.
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A subscription paid for using the free monthly Twitch sub bundled with Amazon Prime. Worth the same to the streamer as a $5 Tier 1 sub but free to the viewer. Chatters often shout 'prime sub claimed' when they hand it over, and streamers will remind viewers to 'claim your free Prime sub' once a month.
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(Internet slang) On the video-sharing service YouTube, the practice of subscribing to a person's channel in exchange for said person mutually subscribing back to one's channel, often with the goal of artificially inflating one's subscriber count.
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A livestream marathon (often on Twitch) whose length grows each time a viewer subscribes, sometimes running for days.
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(Internet slang) Sensationalised term for a subscriber.