Pokimane hits back at accusations of \u201cexploiting\u201d men for donations Pokimane, TwitchTwitch star Imane \u201cPokimane\u201d Anys has hit back at critics on Twitter who accused her of \u201cexploiting\u201d her male fans for donations after she made a pointed message about constructive criticism. Pokimane is one of Twitch\u2019s top streamers, boasting over 4.8 million subscribers due to her humorous interactions with fans and hilarious reactions to content during her broadcasts. However, being a forward-facing online entertainer is no cake walk, with Anys facing criticism after accidentally showing inappropriate material during a May 19 stream \u2014 a subject she seemed to mention in a Tweet posted on May 21. \u201cYou can say what you wanna say without being disrespectful,\u201d she wrote. While some fans and fellow broadcasters agreed with her statement, one commenter accused the streamer of manipulating her male fans for donations, claiming that she was responsible for their \u201cdonation addiction,\u201d which they compared to gambling addiction. \u201cRespectfully, the way in which you exploit lonely men for donation money is predatory in nature and I think you should be limiting what you accept from them,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThey are getting the same rush one gets from gambling addiction by donating.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsslipperypete\/status\/1263637914321408002?s=20 \u201cJust because I stream on Twitch doesn\u2019t mean I \u2018exploit lonely men for money,\u2019\u201d Anys hit back in a now-deleted Tweet. \u201c\u2026I don\u2019t create personal relationships with my donors, nor do I exchange anything else for money, but a \u2018Thank you.\u2019\u201d Another commenter chimed in on the matter, noting that there are male fans who seek relationships with female streamers and entertainers in a kind of parasocial relationship. \u201cIt\u2019s not too far fetched to me to think there\u2019s probably a few out there that virtually treat you as a girlfriend,\u201d the user chimed in. \u201cThey get to donate so they feel like they provide, they can openly say they love you and most likely hear the words back, things like that.\u201d It’s not too far fetched to me to think there’s probably a few out there that virtually treat you as a girlfriend. They get to donate so they feel like they provide, they can openly say they love you and most likely hear the words back, things like that. \u2014 Dakota Smith (@Rusenko_Noshi) May 22, 2020 \u201cI agree there are probably people like that out there, but all I can do is discourage that sort of thought pattern\/behavior,\u201d Pokimane replied. \u201cWhich I try to do, and not feed into it.\u201d While Anys has since deleted her Tweets replying to these comments, this isn\u2019t the first time she\u2019s hit back at such comments, having slammed YouTuber \u2018ItsAGundam\u2019 for criticizing her \u201csimp\u201d viewers just a few days prior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane hits back at accusations of \u201cexploiting\u201d men for donations Pokimane, TwitchTwitch star Imane \u201cPokimane\u201d Anys has hit back at critics on Twitter who accused her of \u201cexploiting\u201d her male fans for donations after she made a pointed message about constructive criticism. Pokimane is one of Twitch\u2019s top streamers, boasting over 4.8 million subscribers due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}