Twitch streamer under fire for telling fans to stop \u201cpainful\u201d small talk Twitch: FleeksieTwitch streamer \u2018Fleeksie\u2019 has come under fire after advising viewers on how they should and shouldn\u2019t interact with their favorite content creators, leading to backlash from many among the streaming community. With over 30,000 followers on the Amazon-owned platform, Fleeksie labels herself as the \u201cworld\u2019s most pointless Twitch streamer.\u201d While she dips into a variety of games here and there, she\u2019s most often found in the Just Chatting category, watching videos and keeping up with her chat. Plenty of viewers jump straight into her broadcasts when she goes live. However, the 26-year-old streamer has a few guidelines on how she wants people to act in her chat. None of these recommendations are listed in her Twitch biography. Instead, she revealed her biggest pet peeve in a September 5 tweet. \u201cSmall talk\u201d is something that should be kept in the Twitch chat, not directed towards the streamer, according to Fleeksie. This mindset led to a wave of backlash from her community and even saw her come under fire from some hugely popular names on the broadcasting platform. https:\/\/twitter.com\/fleeksie\/status\/1302425936583897088 \u201cStop going into [people\u2019s] live streams and asking \u201chow are you,\u201d she tweeted after her latest broadcast. \u201cWe live. We streaming. Other people are watching. The room is not on fire. Things are ok\u2026 just comment on what\u2019s happening,\u201d she said. \u201cAsk someone else in the chat how they are doing if you want small talk,\u201d Fleeksie continued. \u201cEvery time I say \u2018I\u2019m good how are you\u2019 I feel a little puke in the back of my throat rise up. It\u2019s actually painful responding to that question.\u201d Her opinion soon caught wind and blew up within the streaming community, as others shared their takes in response. \u201cBe grateful you\u2019re getting engagement,\u201d a fellow Twitch streamer responded. \u201cThis suggests you\u2019re unappreciative of your viewers. They\u2019re just being polite.\u201d Be grateful you\u2019re getting engagement. This suggests that you\u2019re unappreciative of your viewers. They\u2019re just being polite \u2014 katie (@SimasaurusX) September 6, 2020 \u201cI don\u2019t think you belong on the platform if \u2018how are you?\u2019 is too much,\u201d another replied. sweetie i don\u2019t think you belong on the platform if \u201chow are you?\u201d is too much. \u2014 caylee \u77dc (@cayswoah) September 6, 2020 While many dug into the controversy and piled on with further backlash, others tried to be a little constructive too. \u201cWhen they ask, if you don\u2019t feel like answering directly, don\u2019t,\u201d Diegosaurs commented. The streamer, who has 500k followers of his own on Twitch, advised Fleeksie to simply acknowledge her viewers instead of responding to the same question over and over. So when they ask, if you don\u2019t feel like answering directly, don\u2019t. Just say \u201cHey X! Good to see you.\u201d or ask them how they\u2019ve been or tell them you hope them well, all they\u2019re asking for is acknowledgement. \u2014 DIEGO (@diegosaurs) September 7, 2020 The controversy hasn\u2019t quite ended though, as Fleeksie followed up multiple times amidst the backlash. \u201cPeople with no stream or 15-viewer Andy streams telling me how to run mine. Don\u2019t quit your day jobs and don\u2019t come for my wig if what you\u2019re doing isn\u2019t working for you,\u201d she said. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s because you ask everyone close-ended, meaningless questions, and think it\u2019s \u2018caring\u2019?\u201d Welcome to twitch, where teeny bopper, misogynistic boys wanna tell women what they should be doing and how. Wahhh wahhh b*tch! Stick to chasing internet clout and using pleasantries that work in high school settings \ud83d\udc49 clearly it\u2019s working for you since you have so much to say \u2014 fleeksie (@fleeksie) September 6, 2020 She also added she\u2019s now anticipating her chat would now be filled with \u201chow are you?\u201d spam for the next few broadcasts that she hosts, at the very least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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