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In a recent community post (via The Verge), YouTube announced that it’s rolling out its own custom emotes, called YouTube emotes, thus giving its users a new way of interacting with their favorite creators.Users can access these emotes across YouTube in comment sections and during live chats, though the platform previously allowed individual streamers to offer their own reactions and emotes. Currently, YouTube offers a set of gaming emotes designed by Abelle Hayford, Guy Field, and Yujin Won, with plans to introduce more…

TikTok has announced a program that lets viewers pay to subscribe to specific live streamers they want to support. Dubbed Live Subscription, it gives fans access to perks like a subscriber-only chat, creator-specific emotes, and badges that differentiate them from non-subscribers (via TechCrunch). It’s launching in beta on May 26th, according to an announcement video posted on the TikTok Live Creator page. That page has also posted videos from several creators announcing that they’re part of the program and announcing…