Fed up with torrents of racist and transphobic hate from viewers, a trio of Twitch users decided to take a day off from the streaming platform Wednesday. Their absence, they hoped, would compel Twitch to do more to support streamers of colour and those from marginalized groups.
Wednesday. Their absence, they hoped, would compel Twitch to do more to support streamers of colour and those from marginalized groups., imploring users to go dark on Wednesday and asking viewers to support streamers in other ways, such as tipping through PayPal or Patreon.
Now, the organizers are hoping that Twitch heeds their demands and enacts new policies to protect them. "No one should have to experience malicious and hateful attacks based on who they are or what they stand for, and we are working hard on improved channel-level ban evasion detection and additional account improvements to help make Twitch a safer place for creators," the statement read.Twitch is a venue for streamers, typically gamers, to interact with users in real time, often while playing a video game. Its users include the e-sports titan Ninja, T-Pain and Rep.
They told CNN the events have only escalated since they started to tweet those videos with the hashtag #While racism on the platform has always been a problem, Raven said, "the scale of abuse has escalated to the point where marginalized people are EXPECTING to be hate raided."
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