Twitch apparently bans \u2018hot tub\u2019 from official channel\u2019s chat Unsplash\/TwitchAs the hot tub meta continues to run wild on Twitch, a few users have reported that they are unable to use the phrase in chat messages on the platform\u2019s official channel, due to moderation settings. The \u2018hot tub\u2019 meta has taken over Twitch in 2021, with Just Chatting streamers pushing the boundaries as to what is and what isn\u2019t acceptable. These streams have come under constant criticism from content creators who have raised concerns about the direction in which Twitch is headed, while others have just out and out mocked the hot tub streamers with parody broadcasts. The hot tub streams don\u2019t actually break any rules under Twitch guidelines as bathing suits are permissible as long as they are being worn in an appropriate environment (e.g. a beach or pool). However, some users reported that you can\u2019t actually talk about it on Twitch\u2019s own channel. Twitch viewer and Redditor JitterOS flagged that they\u2019d tried to post the phrase \u2018hot tub streamers\u2019 on Twitch\u2019s main channel during their May 14 Public Access broadcast. In the Redditor\u2019s screenshot, their post is followed by the message: \u2018Your message wasn\u2019t posted due to conflicts with the channel\u2019s moderation settings.\u2019 This message indicates that a phrase or word has been banned from being used in the chat, rather than a ban for the specific user who has posted it. Some other users criticized Twitch for seemingly blocking the phrase, stating that they \u201csolved that issue the easy way by avoiding people complaining about the subject.\u201d One other posted joked: \u201cGuess we\u2019ll have to call them, warm water container broadcasters, now.\u201d Dexerto has since tested posting the phrase \u2018hot tub streamers\u2019 in Twitch\u2019s own chat and there was no message this time around, which suggests that either a change has been made since or it was a bug the first time around. Twitch has been pretty open in addressing certain complaints about these hot tub broadcasts, and it remains to be seen if they\u2019ll clamp down on them in the future or if they will be allowed to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch apparently bans \u2018hot tub\u2019 from official channel\u2019s chat Unsplash\/TwitchAs the hot tub meta continues to run wild on Twitch, a few users have reported that they are unable to use the phrase in chat messages on the platform\u2019s official channel, due to moderation settings. The \u2018hot tub\u2019 meta has taken over Twitch in 2021, […]<\/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-62199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62199","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=62199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}