Twitch announces new pools & beaches category after hot tub outrage Instagram\/xoaerielTwitch has finally revealed how it will be combating the hot tub meta with the announcement of a new category called \u201cPools, Hot Tubs and Beaches.\u201d On May 21, Twitch announced that the new category will be going live and that they had a lot of discussions eternally over how to deal with the hot tub controversy taking over the platform. In a blog post, Twitch went over some of the criticisms hot tub streamers have been facing, such as their content being too sexual for the site or that they\u2019re using Twitch as a way to promote more adult-themed content on other platforms. \u201cFirst and foremost, no one deserves to be harassed for the content they choose to stream, how they look, or who they are, and we will take action against anyone who perpetuates this kind of toxicity on our service,\u201d the Amazon-owned company wrote. \u201cSecond, while we have guidelines about sexually suggestive content, being found to be sexy by others is not against our rules, and Twitch will not take enforcement action against women, or anyone on our service, for their perceived attractiveness,\u201d they added. Twitch also addressed streamers writing subscriber names on their bodies, saying that they allow it, but only if the streamer has \u201cappropriate coverage.\u201d They also explained how their policies on what is explicitly sexually suggestive is not clear. \u201cSexual suggestiveness is a spectrum that involves some degree of personal interpretation of where the line falls,\u201d they said. We have an update on all things Hot Tubs, ad pauses, and content preferences. Read the blog to learn more: https:\/\/t.co\/C5h7MMdAae \u2014 Twitch (@Twitch) May 21, 2021 Finally, they addressed Amouranth having advertising suspended on her channel, resulting in a loss of nearly $500K a year. \u201cOn Twitch, brands get to decide where and when their ads appear. Today, they can target or avoid specific categories of content and flag channels that don\u2019t meet their standards. This means that Twitch, in rare cases, will suspend advertising on a channel at the advertisers\u2019 request,\u201d they explained. \u201cWe recently suspended advertising on some channels that were flagged by the majority of our advertiser base and failed to notify them.\u201d Furthermore, Twitch says they will work with streamers to better understand what \u201cbrand safe\u201d means to advertisers and it was feedback from advertisers that resulted in the creation of the new category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch announces new pools & beaches category after hot tub outrage Instagram\/xoaerielTwitch has finally revealed how it will be combating the hot tub meta with the announcement of a new category called \u201cPools, Hot Tubs and Beaches.\u201d On May 21, Twitch announced that the new category will be going live and that they had a […]<\/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-62190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62190","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=62190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}