72. PayPal, Drops Expansion and What the Community Wants Next

In Episode 72 of Kick Talk, Eddie and Andrew continue the chat takeover with a live Q&A full of platform updates, tough questions, and behind the scenes transparency. They cover everything from Kick’s recent stability improvements and how the team will communicate planned maintenance, to creator focused topics like sponsorship strategy, discoverability, and why investment remains centred on streamers. The hosts also respond to feature requests and fixes, including the ability to hide moderator badges, improvements to chat polls, more integrations, and ideas for a more engaging unban request system.The episode tackles bigger conversations too, including the reality of third party VOD recording, and what’s next for Drops, with plans to partner with tier-one publishers. They also explore longer term ideas like expanding live support and how live streaming could evolve alongside sports viewing and real time chat.They close with major updates on what the community wants most: PayPal is in technical testing and coming soon, and ads are still on the way, with the team focused on rolling them out without ruining the viewer experience.KICK TALK PODCAST► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kick.com/eddie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OFFICIAL LINKS► X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kickstreaming⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠► Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kickstreaming⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠► TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kick.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠► YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KickStreaming⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠