Twitch slammed for failing to moderate their own channel\u2019s chat TwitchTwitch has received backlash after the chat in its own official channel was full of hateful comments during the Participation Awards ceremony. As part of Twitch\u2019s celebration of its community, on January 23 it held a Participation Awards to commemorate the work of their streamers and the community. The stream focused on using Twitch chat as a direct medium between the hosts and viewers. But, as the event was running, some, including partnered streamers, criticized Twitch for ineffectively moderating the messages in chat. Twitch partner and variety streamer negaoryx called out the platform for allowing the chat to be \u2018full\u2019 of hate speech and harassment towards the guests and hosts of the awards. \u201cI am unfathomably angry at the lack of protection and care Twitch shows its marginalized creators,\u201d she said. I am unfathomably angry at the lack of protection and care @Twitch shows its marginalized creators. MODERATE YOUR CHANNELS. Enforce your own terms of service. I can’t even watch & enjoy this stream because I’m spending my time reporting every hateful, harassing comment I see. \u2014 Emme Montgomery (negaoryx) (@negaoryx) January 23, 2021 \u201cUsers in chat are spewing hate speech & harassing the guest streamers. 3 mod names in the chat list but since I\u2019ve been watching, have seen ZERO messages get deleted. \u201cI can\u2019t even watch & enjoy this stream because I\u2019m spending my time reporting every hateful, harassing comment I see. How hard is it to have even ONE person moderate these official Twitch streams?\u201d MsAshRocks, who appeared as the final guest on the stream, also urged Twitch to clamp down on hate speech. She said: \u201cI mentioned a slither of fundraising for [BLM] protesters and they went wild LMAO.\u201d I mentioned a slither of fundraising for protesters and they went wild LMAO BLACK LIVES MATTER. I will always use my platform to scream the hell out of that. MODERATE YOUR CHATS. I had a blast otherwise and appreciate my community spreading love in there! \ud83e\udd72\ud83e\udde1 https:\/\/t.co\/4ZlvzkDNbV \u2014 MsAshRocks\u2728\ud83c\udf44 (@MsAshRocks) January 23, 2021 Tanya \u201cCypherofTyr\u201d DePass, director of gaming diversity non-profit I Need Diverse Games, echoed the calls, as she said: \u201cIt\u2019s why I never watch the actual main Twitch\/Twitch Gaming channels but host on mine so we have a safe spot to watch.\u201d Another Twitch partner, Imperial, praised negaoryx for speaking out and labeled the situation a \u201csystemic problem\u201d within Twitch. This is a systemic problem for @twitch and I\u2019m thankful when people like @negaoryx speak up about it. Years. Literal years. I\u2019ve had to call local police after doxing threats, so many racist comments and usernames that I saw no action on. Months of steady harassment. Do better. https:\/\/t.co\/s6LkS9gYPd \u2014 Imperial \u2013 Insert Type of Disaster Here (@imperialsworld) January 24, 2021 She said: \u201cI\u2019ve had to call local police after doxing threats, so many racist comments and usernames that I saw no action on. Months of steady harassment. Do better.\u201d Twitch has not yet responded publicly to the situation. Read More: Jschlatt teases return to Twitch – This wasn\u2019t the only debacle from the stream. It turns out that one of the awards was inadvertently handed out to a bot account, rather than a real person. It\u2019s been a turbulent few days for the platform, as users condemned their decision to ban a 15-year-old streamer with 90,000 followers because he had made his account when he was under 13. Meanwhile, other top streamers on the platform who also made their account when under 13 have gone unpunished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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