Trihex responds to backlash after his Twitch emote appears in hate raids esports ArenaMychal \u2018Trihex\u2019 Jefferson, the streamer behind the TriHard Twitch emote, has gone to bat for his emoji following criticism during the site\u2019s hate raid problems. So-called \u201chate raids\u201d against streamers of color have unfortunately been an issue on Twitch for a while now. However, they started getting way out of hand in August 2021 \u2013 with Twitch confirming that changes will be made to stamp them out in the future. After another streamer took aim at Trihex, because the TriHard emote is often used by the people behind the racist bots, Jefferson pointed out he\u2019d been discussing that very thing for years. Trihex responds \u201cI have covered this topic about the politicization of TriHard and whether Black People, Women, or Minorities can be depicted & represented without abuse endlessly,\u201d Trihex tweeted. \u201cI\u2019ve advocated that community leaders (us, broadcasters) remain accountable for their chats and not do anything that resembles \u2018Hate Raids\u2019 since before the term was coined.\u201d I\u2019ve advocated that community leaders (us, broadcasters) remain accountable for their chats and not do anything that resembles \u201cHate Raids\u201d since before the term was coined. https:\/\/t.co\/2UfskFxMzX \u2014 trihex (@trihex) August 22, 2021 Twitch TriHard emote He also holds that there\u2019s nothing inherently wrong with TriHard, and says he won\u2019t let people who use it for \u201clow-effort bait\u201d win. \u201cF**k racists. I absolutely do not condone any abuse of a depiction of myself that, in itself, has zero racist qualities (TriHard),\u201d he continued. \u201cMy happy smile will not be hijacked as hate fuel to stimulate low-effort bait reactions by shallow, pathetic ppl.\u201d Fuck racists. I absolutely do not condone any abuse of a depiction of myself that, in itself, has zero racist qualities (TriHard) \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 My happy smile will not be hijacked as hate fuel to stimulate low-effort bait reactions by shallow, pathetic ppl.https:\/\/t.co\/bpvQu56uVh https:\/\/t.co\/Pmxct7JHuk \u2014 trihex @ fitness (17.0% body fat) (@trihex) August 22, 2021 After initially hitting back at streamer TheGawd for calling him out, Trihex deleted his first few tweets and the two came to an amicable ending. They were on the same side, but it just goes to show how the perception that Twitch\u2019s response is lacking is frustrating people even more. Twitch has revealed some of what they\u2019re doing to combat these hate raids, adding they can\u2019t share all the details as those conducting the raids will adapt to the changes. Whatever they\u2019re planning though, plenty of streamers are hoping something changes soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trihex responds to backlash after his Twitch emote appears in hate raids esports ArenaMychal \u2018Trihex\u2019 Jefferson, the streamer behind the TriHard Twitch emote, has gone to bat for his emoji following criticism during the site\u2019s hate raid problems. So-called \u201chate raids\u201d against streamers of color have unfortunately been an issue on Twitch for a while […]<\/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-62016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62016","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=62016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}