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Streamers React To Leaked Twitch Income Rankings With Jokes, Criticism
7.10.2021
An anonymous hacker leaked payroll information for every streamer on Twitch yesterday, and predictably, the revealed incomes have become an inescapable topic of conversation for streamers in their Twitch chats and on social media. The range of reactions to the leak has been vast, with some...
Twitch Says 'Malicious Third Party' Was Behind Hack
7.10.2021
Twitch has just issued an update after yesterday’s major attack on the service, which resulted in the theft and then public posting of, among other things, the platform’s source code. According to their ongoing investigation, a “a malicious third party” is responsible.Read more
Only Three Percent of Twitch’s Top-Earning Streamers Are Women, Apparently
6.10.2021
The Twitch leak from 4chan confirmed what a lot of people already know: The majority of the platform’s most successful content creators are men. But what’s shocking is the disparity. Out of the top 100 creators, only three of them are women. Only one of them is a woman of color.Read more
Report: Twitch Is Hacked And Its Source Code Is In The Wild
6.10.2021
According to a report by VGC, an anonymous hacker has posted a 125GB torrent link containing, well, all of Twitch, including its source code and commit history going back to the start. The leak also contains streamers’ incomes since 2019, and information that suggests the Amazon-owned streaming...
Twitch Announces Test Of ‘Pay-To-Win’ Promotion Feature
1.10.2021
Yesterday, Twitch announced it will test a new feature that allows streamers and their audiences to pay for heightened visibility. Currently, only a select number of accounts participating in Twitch’s research initiative have access to the feature. Despite this, streamers are, unsurprisingly,...
Watch Out Twitch, Porn Site Chaturbate Now Lets Models Stream Video Games
29.9.2021
Live sex cam site Chaturbate recently announced that its streaming platform will now support certain pre-approved video games, and is calling on developers to give their permission to add more to that growing list. Honestly, it was only a matter of time.Read more
Twitch Streamers' Lives Are About To Get Much Better, Thanks To This Chat Change
27.9.2021
Twitch streamers may soon be able to restrict who can or cannot hop into the chat. According to Twitch observer Zach Bussey, the streaming giant is planning on adding expanded features that would allow streamers to require phone or email verification from the commentariat.Read more
Twitch And Music Industry Strike A Deal, But It's Not Great
22.9.2021
Last year a music industry crackdown on streaming site Twitch resulted in copyright strikes and a mass deletion of videos, as the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) sought to cut down on streamers playing licensed music. Twitch has now made a deal with the NMPA, but for streamers it’s...
Twitch Sues ‘Hate Raid’ Organizers
10.9.2021
Twitch is taking a big stand against the organized harassment campaigns, widely known as “hate raids,” that have proliferated over the past few months by filing a suit against two possible coordinators of the attacks.Read more
Twitch Streamer Under Fire By Genshin Impact Fans Over Anti-Chinese Tirade
9.9.2021
A Genshin Impact streamer recently drew public criticism after using anti-Chinese language against an ethnically Korean streamer in a disagreement about gameplay.Read more
VTuber Explains Twitch Protest To Fox News, Does Great
3.9.2021
As we’ve covered, yesterday thousands of streamers took the day off on Twitch to protest the site’s ongoing facilitation of harassment campaigns known as hate raids. And while regular readers of video game websites would have been armed with a lot of information going into the day, viewers of...
Twitch Takes Traffic Hit Following Streamer Boycott Over Harassment
2.9.2021
Yesterday, thousands of streamers abandoned Twitch for 24 hours in protest of its ongoing facilitation of harassment campaigns known as hate raids. While the Amazon-owned streaming platform has yet to implement proposed changes to the controversial raid system, it’s clear what some previously...
Twitch’s Biggest Stars Keep Jumping To YouTube
2.9.2021
As marginalized creators boycott Twitch for a day, well-off white guys continue to leave for lucrative deals with its chief competitor, YouTube. Earlier this week, it was Ben “DrLupo” Lupo. Today, as the #ADayOffTwitch campaign is in full swing, it’s Tim “TimTheTatman” Betar, who announced...
Twitch Streamers Are Boycotting The Site For A Day To Protest Hate Raids
23.8.2021
Next week, streamers plan to step away from Twitch for a day in an effort to combat how the platform continually lets it marginalized creators down.Read more
Fortnite Streamer Banned From Twitch, YouTube Following Rape Arrest
13.8.2021
The Brazilian Twitch streamer RaulZito was arrested last month, according to Insider, which cited initial reporting from the Brazilian site G1. Twitch only just banned RaulZito’s account yesterday, per the tracking site StreamerBans.Read more
Twitch Takes A Half-Assed Swipe At Gambling Streams
13.8.2021
Twitch has announced a new rule for streamers that prohibits the sharing of links or referral codes to sites that offer real-money slots, roulette, or dice games. The company says this will protect its viewers from “harm and scams.” Another cool thing Twitch could do to stop the glorification...
Twitch's Response To #TwitchDoBetter Could Do A Lot Better
12.8.2021
Over the last few days, Twitch streamers from marginalized groups have taken to Twitter to appeal to the Amazon-owned company to start doing something meaningful about the serious issues of harassment on the platform. In response, Twitch put up a Twitter thread saying it will engage in “open...
Streamers Are Rallying Behind ‘Twitch Do Better’
10.8.2021
Over the past few days, you might have seen the #TwitchDoBetter hashtag pick up steam on social media networks like Twitter. You might’ve further wondered why it’s popping now, and what it’s all about. Twitch is a company, after all, and companies can always, always do better. But this recent...
Twitch Will Finally Tell Streamers Why They Got Banned
10.8.2021
The days of Twitch mysteriously suspending popular streamers are coming to an end. The Amazon-owned streaming platform announced yesterday that it will now actually tell streamers who get temporarily banned why they’ve been punished. It only took 10 years, folks.Read more
Twitch Streamers and Devs Help Activision Blizzard Walkout With Boycotts, Money
28.7.2021
As employees at Activision Blizzard prepare for today’s Walkout for Equality, streamers, developers, and gamers from around the world are showing their support through charitable donations, game boycotts, and by signal-boosting the event.Read more