Twitch blasted for \u201cridiculous\u201d removal of classic FaZe Kalei stream emote Twitch: KaleiFaZe Clan streamer Kalei Renay has joked that she \u201chates the internet\u201d after streaming platform Twitch removed one of her stream\u2019s emotes, with fans echoing the criticism of the Amazon-owned company. Emotes form a big part of Twitch streams and their respective identities, with prominent creators boasting unique emotes so a host of streaming moments can be responded to accordingly by viewers. FaZe Kalei\u2019s streams are no different, with the 22-year-old\u2019s thousands of subscribers indulging in her channel-specific emotes whenever the mood takes them. FaZe Kalei sees \u2018KaleiL\u2019 emote removed from stream by Twitch However, following Twitch-instigated changes on July 30, Kalei saw a long-term emote, the \u2018KaleiL\u2019, removed from her stream. The emote, which features a teddy bear forming the classic \u2018L\u2019 pose on its forehead, is reminiscent of Fortnite\u2019s infamous \u2018Take the L\u2019 dance and has been used by viewers for some time in chat, often in response to a low moment where things haven\u2019t gone to plan. However, it has now been removed by Twitch. In a July 30 tweet stating she \u201chates the internet\u201d, Kalei revealed the communication she received from the platform to confirm its removal. The message reads: \u201cBased on a review of its content, we have removed your emote \u2018KaleiL\u2019 from Twitch. Reason: Disallowed Content \u2013 Targeted insults, bullying and threatening or inciting abuse.\u201d They did not divulge further but linked to their \u2018Subscriber Emote Guide\u2018, which outlines that any emotes deemed to contradict community guidelines will be removed. Responses to Kalei\u2019s tweet were largely critical, with many questioning how a light-hearted emote could constitute disallowed content. One said: \u201cThat\u2019s absolutely ridiculous. Think about how many millions of times people have typed \u201cL\u201d in chat. I guess they\u2019re violating TOS, too.\u201d A host of prominent content creators also replied to question Twitch\u2019s move, including ZLaner and AverageJonas. A fellow Twitch streamer, \u2018ThatOneBritt\u2018, replied to say that their \u2018L\u2019 emote had recently been removed too. It could well be that a change behind the scenes at Twitch is prompting a stronger stance on \u2018L\u2019 emotes across the entire platform, rather than being linked specifically to its use on Kalei\u2019s channel. Twitch have not commented beyond their communication to Kalei and likely won\u2019t given they don\u2019t comment publicly on strikes and punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch blasted for \u201cridiculous\u201d removal of classic FaZe Kalei stream emote Twitch: KaleiFaZe Clan streamer Kalei Renay has joked that she \u201chates the internet\u201d after streaming platform Twitch removed one of her stream\u2019s emotes, with fans echoing the criticism of the Amazon-owned company. Emotes form a big part of Twitch streams and their respective identities, […]<\/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-62243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62243","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=62243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}