Comment on Twitch updates attire policy to prohibit implied nudity.
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I swear everytime Twitch updates their policies for clarity, they just get even more confusing.
I’ve never used Twitch and never tried to keep up to date with anything related, but new about it are hard to miss. And from just my barely surface level exposure to it, it’s so weird. It seems like they completely switch from “we will allow nudity and even take steps to make it a thing on our platform” to “absolutely no nudity and everyone that tries till get banned”.
What the fuck is going on?
It’s hard because they want the cut they get of horny donations but they don’t want to be a sex site.
My theory is that they’re trying to find the perfect mix of horny gamers shelling out for bits and subs while staying just within the bounds of what advertisers will allow.
yuki2501@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They just got pissed at people using censor bars on themselves to make it look like they were naked (in protest for Twitch backing down on their nudity policy).
Yes, it’s a salty move, and yes, they’re being assholes about it.
criticalthreshold@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The thots are assholes right?
Because twitch is a gaming platform, not a PG-13 Onlyfans advertisement platform.
Or is it?
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not only Twitch features many games with sexual content, which seem to be fine as long as the publisher is big enough. It also doesn’t seem to mind streamers that are only there to chat or draw or do anything else not game related.
So, what’s the problem here? If people think it’s so bad they can just go watch something else.
I’ll never understand this puritan gamer resentment at streamers who dare to rely on sexual appeal over skill or humor or art or any other myriad of ways someone might get an audience.
kava@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You start allowing this type of sexual content and the place turns into a porn site. It’s what we saw, where you scroll down the more popular streams and it’s all sexual content.
Especially on a website with a lot of young people, it just isn’t right. Leave that stuff for the cam sites.
criticalthreshold@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Humor and art are vastly different than spreading eagle with a black censor bar covering your shit, or drooling and licking a microphone ear to help the incels rub one out.
Please don’t insult artists, comedians, or any other talent with comparisons to that.
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Who cares? Twitch should just give a way to hide these kind of streams for users who dont want to see them.
criticalthreshold@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because the platform is a gaming and gamer-social platform.
Nothing wrong with nudity, just find the appropriate platform for it, not a gaming one.