Pokimane tears up explaining Twitch break and changes to streaming schedule YouTube: PokimaneTwitch star Pokimane has officially returned to social media after a month-long break from streaming with an emotional message to fans explaining her \u201cnew chapter\u201d of content. In mid-July, Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys announced she would be taking an extended break from streaming on Twitch for a \u201cmental reset.\u201d While this wasn\u2019t the first lengthy hiatus she\u2019s taken from her streaming job, she was gone from her channel for over a month \u2014 as well as much of her other social media accounts. On September 1, Pokimane released an emotional YouTube video explaining the reasons why she decided to step away from streaming, one of them being the need to simply \u201cbreathe.\u201d Pokimane also mentioned the \u201cconstant feedback loop\u201d that streamers fall into during their careers, constantly relying on comments and criticisms of themselves in order to please fans. Pokimane speaks on the pressures of being a Twitch streamer \u201cI do recognize that putting myself out there so much, especially streaming, it revolves around this constant feedback loop of people telling you what they think of you. From seven-second TikTok clips to 10-minute YouTube videos to 10-hour streams, and they all revolve around comments.\u201d The streamer also mentioned that she often feels the need to \u201ccapitalize on every trend\u201d and keep up with other broadcasters, saying that she is \u201cat a point in my life where it doesn\u2019t feel creatively fulfilling to feed into that anymore.\u201d Pokimane to shift focus on other social media platforms Now, Pokimane will focus less on her Twitch channel and more on other platforms like her TikTok and YouTube channels. The streamer says she will likely broadcast only 2-3 days per week and that viewers can expect more from her on other platforms. \u201cStreaming and gaming does fit in there, but it doesn\u2019t have to be everything,\u201d she said. \u201cMy heart yearns for more, and it yearns to explore more, while still keeping that part of my identity, and I really hope you guys can be understanding of that.\u201d Anys ended her message with a tearful message to fans, saying it feels like she\u2019s \u201cclosing a chapter\u201d in part of her career. Thus far, fans are extremely supportive of this move for Pokimane as she sets her sights on the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane tears up explaining Twitch break and changes to streaming schedule YouTube: PokimaneTwitch star Pokimane has officially returned to social media after a month-long break from streaming with an emotional message to fans explaining her \u201cnew chapter\u201d of content. In mid-July, Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys announced she would be taking an extended break from streaming on […]<\/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-58089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58089","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=58089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}