Following the reveal of its VIP Program in September, Periscope announced that it changed the requirements users must meet before being eligible for the program.
The Periscope VIP Program gives eligible broadcasters access to a variety of benefits, including badges on their Periscope profiles and “prioritization in people search results.” When the VIP Program was announced, Periscope said it would require users to have at least 10,000 followers on Periscope in order to quality for Bronze, the lowest tier of the program.
Now, Periscope removed the follower requirements from the program, and it has placed the focus on the average number of live viewers users have for each broadcast.
In a blog post, Periscope commented: Many of you shared with us that ?number of followers? is not always the best indication of live content, and we agree. During the past few weeks, we?ve had multiple conversations on the program requirements and what we can do to better reflect what?s most important to our community. We believe that average live viewers per broadcasts meet that requirement. The live interactions and audiences you?ve brought together on Periscope are at the heart of what we do, and we will be focusing on those metrics to review applications. Follower count has been totally removed from the requirements.
As part of this update, Periscope increased the average number of live viewers users need to have for each broadcast to be eligible for the Silver and Gold tier...