Popular Twitch extension BTTV stands against PogChamp emote removal Twitch \/ BetterTTVThe creators behind one of the most widely used Twitch extensions, \u2018BetterTTV\u2019 (BTTV), have refused to pull PogChamp emotes from its service in light of recent controversy. Despite the January 6 announcement from Twitch that PogChamp emotes would be removed from the platform, BTTV will still be carrying forward with the icon and all of its variations. As a result of controversial statements from the \u201cface of the emote,\u201d Twitch moved to wipe its slate clean of any association. The removal of the global emote sent shockwaves throughout the streaming community. Many of the most popular content creators were understanding, however, even offering new suggestions so that the \u201csentiment and use of Pog [can] live on.\u201d Just 24 hours removed from the announcement though, and one of the most widespread extensions has no plans to follow suit. BTTV has long been a popular browser extension and its users will still be able to share PogChamps in chat moving forward. We want the sentiment and use of Pog to live on \u2013 its meaning is much bigger than the person depicted or image itself\u2013 and it has a big place in Twitch culture. However, we can’t in good conscience continue to enable use of the image. \u2014 Twitch (@Twitch) January 7, 2021 \u201cBTTV has never removed emotes due to controversies,\u201d its leader \u2018Night\u2019 said in a statement to Rod \u2018Slasher\u2019 Breslau. Regardless of recent drama, it \u201clikely won\u2019t result\u201d in the removal of PogChamp emotes either. \u201cUsers have the ability of choice on our platform,\u201d they added. This means that avid Twitch chatters will still be able to get their fix through the third-party extension. The emotes won\u2019t be accessible on the base version of Twitch moving forward, though BTTV users will still be able to share Pogs around as before. Not only does this pertain to the standard PogChamp emote, but also its many variations. From POGGERS to PogU and everything in between, the global emote took on a life of its own. this includes among others POGGERS, which according to people on twitter right now must be the most offensive emote on the internet pic.twitter.com\/diz5fSSZWv \u2014 Rod Breslau (@Slasher) January 7, 2021 Similar third party extension FrankerFaceZ (FFZ) took the opposite stance in response to the news. \u201cWe\u2019ll be removing depictions of the person from FFZ, but it may take some time,\u201d they confirmed on January 7. \u201cWe\u2019re always grateful we get to be part of the continued evolution of emote culture and positive Twitch community symbolism. Looking forward, we’re always grateful we get to be part of the continued evolution of emote culture and positive Twitch community symbolism. We look forward to discovering how FFZ can be a part of this reclamation of positivity. Thanks to @Twitch and our users for staying great! \u2014 FrankerFaceZ (@FrankerFaceZ) January 7, 2021 Twitch has plans to allow for the spirit of the emote to live on in some capacity. We already have a few novel ideas from the community. It\u2019s only a matter of time until we see what the Amazon-backed platform has in store. Meanwhile, PogChamp and all of its variations are still accessible through BTTV. It doesn\u2019t appear as though that will be changing anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Popular Twitch extension BTTV stands against PogChamp emote removal Twitch \/ BetterTTVThe creators behind one of the most widely used Twitch extensions, \u2018BetterTTV\u2019 (BTTV), have refused to pull PogChamp emotes from its service in light of recent controversy. Despite the January 6 announcement from Twitch that PogChamp emotes would be removed from the platform, BTTV […]<\/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-58183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58183","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=58183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}