Pokimane & Myth explain why streamers with younger viewers need to be more responsible YouTube: OfflineTV PodcastPopular Twitch streamers Pokimane and Myth have said streamers should be more responsible if they know their audience is full of younger viewers. Pokimane and Myth have been among the top streamers on Twitch for the last few years, with 9 million and 7 million followers respectively. With their following and average viewership in the thousands, they likely have a number of younger viewers. One issue that is commonly brought up regarding big streamers with potentially younger viewers is how a creator\u2019s actions may easily influence the viewer\u2019s actions. During a February 24 episode of the OfflineTV podcast, Poki and Myth discussed their stance on streamers being responsible on stream. Pokimane and Myth discuss streamer responsibility After talking about various situations they\u2019ve been through on social media, Myth explains how big-name streamers have the potential to do \u201ca lot of damage\u201d when they misuse their platform. Pokimane then brought up the topic of big streamers with younger viewers. She said: \u201cIt blows my mind and it\u2019s very frightening to me that some kids spend more time with a content creator than they do with their own parents. Therefore they value their opinion or how they set an example more than they do their own parents.\u201d Myth then brought up that some streamers have the idea that it\u2019s not their job to \u2018parent\u2019 other people\u2019s kids and while they both agree it\u2019s true to an extent, they admit that there is a \u2018reality\u2019 that streamers have to face. Poki said: \u201cIf you know your audience skews towards being younger, you just know that\u2019s the reality of it. It\u2019s almost like a responsibility that\u2019s thrust upon you whether you like it or not.\u201d (Topic starts at 38:21 in the video) The Twitch stars discussed their thoughts on streamers who believe \u201cit\u2019s not their job,\u201d with both agreeing that they believe the statement is just a way to make them feel better about not caring about their impact. \u201cKids follow in the footsteps of what they see online almost far more than what they see in person, especially depending on how involved a parent is in their child\u2019s life. It\u2019s almost like [the streamers] are delusional,\u201d Pokimane explained. On January 27, Poki mentioned that she believes Twitch should handle younger viewers better and mentioned the idea of making a kid\u2019s version of the website with better content filtering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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