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Twitch has new nudity rules, and they’re detailed

JSoup

Banned
If people really wanted to stream games and nudity at the same time, Plexstorm exists for almost that exact purpose.
On another note, I wonder how this will effect transgender streamers. It's become a thing in the last several months (that is, it was probably a thing before that, but it's become more common since last summer) for trans streamers to show a bit more skin on screen, either as a way to accentuate transition progress or as a show of support to people currently in transition. Or at least that's what a couple have said.
 

Mod of War

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Staff Member
Is it a personal insult (outside of StormCells use of wanker)? Wouldn't it technically be a group insult? Also being a sweeping generalization.

I had that originally in there, but when refreshed it was only the first part when I hit send. Multitasking and all that fun stuff.
 

#Phonepunk#

Banned
i thought we were supposed to be in an era of sex positivity? celebrating different genders and sexual orientations and stuff?

why is it the second a cishet male is the one being catered to, we have to throw it all out the window, start calling people names, all that bs? maybe if there were not these double standards there would be less bad vibes overall.

imo we need to grow the fuck up in general. growing up means being ok with sexuality without screaming COOOTIES or whatever the heck. people want games to be art, well here's some news, sex is part of art, has been since the beginning. deal w it.
 
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GymWolf

Member
i don't understand...aren't twitch gonna lose a fuckload of money banning thots and "accidental" nudes?

they always striked to me as a platform only interested in money and not morality.

did some angry mom sued their asses because his son was losing sight by the day?!
 
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but painting your boobs is "art" and breastfeeding is ok!!

these changes are just there to please the advertiser. They mean jack shit as long as Twitch never enforces them with any consistency. Twitch staff themselves are just as thirsty. Just Chatting was made for THOTs. This is the company that partnered Mia Khalifa on her first day of streaming.
 

Grinchy

Banned
Why the fuck would you livestream you breastfeeding your newborn to complete strangers online.

Fuck e culture holy shit

Because it's natural! And apparently, anything that's natural should be on camera or in public any time you want.

We should be watching twitch streamers change their tampons and taking a leak, too.
 

Kdad

Member
I guess because it's much easier to do on twitch as they dont actually have to do anything , just dress skimpy and giggle and jiggle every once in while and the donations will pour in . On an actual pornsite lol...their gonna be asked to stick a 13 in. dildo up their a$$ and suck it afterwards for the equivalent of $4.32 in coins .
Dude, you're overpaying.
 
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I'm genuinely surprised that more of these boob streamers don't just go straight over to the actual pornographic cam sites. Combining porn with game streaming would surely carve them big new audiences and I imagine the potential for revenue is a lot greater than on Twitch. Maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about.
Some have actually come from porn TO twitch. They say they get paid more.
Bigger audience, same fat neckbeards paying to see female's feet.
 
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Yoshi

Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
I do not get why they shit themselves over something like that. If they worry that prude parents don't want their kids on that platform otherwise, just implement age checks for less clothing.
 

pr0cs

Member
They needed to do some sort of rules because like everything people like to continue to push boundaries.
If it's designed to be a gaming platform you shouldn't have to weed through channels of people putting items in their ass before you finally find new footage of an upcoming game.
And, you people comparing porn and ease of access for kids clearly don't have kids.
Are you ok with Disney now doing porn because porn is easy to find anywhere? Twitch is designed for gaming, they need to implement rules to keep it that way.
Personally I don't understand twitch anyway, never understood why you would proactively watch someone else play
 

joe_zazen

Member
As far as who is to ‘blame’: I remember reading about how movies get rated. They get a group of people who they feel represent broad community standards together and have them view the films and give their opinions. Parents, and especially mothers do not want to see or be present when their kids are consuming sexual material. It makes them very uncomfortable. And even moreso when it is divorced from any sort of irl emotion. So, having explicit sexuality in your films will result acute reactions from the review board people. Same for inhome services I bet. They will be removed from homes with parent(s) who feel uncomfortable with their children being exposed to it. So, less profit for a service like Twitch or YouTube which rely heavily upon children, tweens, and teens for revenue.

European mothers, maybe they are ok with their kids watching explicit material? I find it hard to believe personally, but idk.

Fake violence is mostly normalised because of constant exposure over decades and decades, but it has to be a certain kind of violence. Actual violence, or fake violence that feels real is still very disturbing to people who aren't psycho/sociopaths. Seeing footage of a real head chopping as I did 10 or 15 years ago is disturbing as fuck and still makes my stomach lurch. Or seeing photographs of people in actual pain and despair...Otoh, the stuff that passes for entertainment, like marvel movies, leaves no bad feelings because it pain and consequence free, so they are fine.

It is funny, I wanted to include a photo of a face of someone in real pain, so I googled ‘human face real pain’ and all of them were people in fake pain. So I guess google knows nobody really wants to see that, so they don't serve them up. No war photos, no faces of anaesthetic-free circumscisions, no faces of pain stricken accident victims, no grief stricken mothers, just this kind of stuff:

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notice her husband/lover gives no fucks. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 

IntentionalPun

Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
It's a platform whose viewership is probably way over half children; I personally don't care... and a huge chunk of America doesn't either.. but advertisers don't find it worth it to associate their brands with that kind of thing in America.
 

Lanrutcon

Member
Why doesn't Twitch start a sister service for "adult" streamers? Put a little "are you 18" on the account registration screen and bam, let people show whatever they want (within legal boundaries).

Call it Twatsch.
 

GiJoint

Member
Europe is pretty relaxed when it comes to nudity and sexual stuff. 50 shades movie? A rock solid R18(restricted) here in New Zealand, over in France? They basically thought it was cute and gave it a PG-12 rating.
 

Moogle11

Banned
Why doesn't Twitch start a sister service for "adult" streamers? Put a little "are you 18" on the account registration screen and bam, let people show whatever they want (within legal boundaries).

Likely the reason given in the post above yours. Even if separate, a lot of companies wouldn’t want to wouldn’t want to support a company (via ads) that also ran a “porn” service. Quotes as it’s silly, but is what it is in the US and other places that are prudish about nudity and sexuality.
 

Lanrutcon

Member
Likely the reason given in the post above yours. Even if separate, a lot of companies wouldn’t want to wouldn’t want to support a company (via ads) that also ran a “porn” service. Quotes as it’s silly, but is what it is in the US and other places that are prudish about nudity and sexuality.

Yeah, you're right. Their image would change somewhat, and sponsors would take notice.
 

xool

Member
I'm genuinely surprised that more of these boob streamers don't just go straight over to the actual pornographic cam sites. Combining porn with game streaming would surely carve them big new audiences and I imagine the potential for revenue is a lot greater than on Twitch. Maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about.

We know how some of these streamers like to pretend they're not exploiting themselfs/other people, and being on twitch and not chaturbate is part of that lie.
 

xool

Member
If there's anything women love more than profiting from exposing themselves, it's being able to claim they're innocent, I don't usually dress like this, thought I looked cute dunno might delete, post in the chat if you think I should show off my new labia tattoo, etc.

Women are intelligent and they know the act adds to the sex appeal.

It's not prostitution because it's "ironic". See Belle Delphine
 

xool

Member
t is funny, I wanted to include a photo of a face of someone in real pain, so I googled ‘human face real pain’ and all of them were people in fake pain. So I guess google knows nobody really wants to see that, so they don't serve them up. No war photos, no faces of anaesthetic-free circumscisions, no faces of pain stricken accident victims, no grief stricken mothers, just this kind of stuff:
Try Bing.

Not actually joking .. google is heavily self censored nowadays because the people who give the dollars to alphabet.com don't want it.

(try the google vs bing "gif" image search test - even with filtering off ..)

I can still remember what youtube was like before it got aquired. .. not just the anon posts - videos of people literally being burnt to death would pop up in recommended feed .. holy shit ..
 

GeorgPrime

Banned
but painting your boobs is "art" and breastfeeding is ok!!

these changes are just there to please the advertiser. They mean jack shit as long as Twitch never enforces them with any consistency. Twitch staff themselves are just as thirsty. Just Chatting was made for THOTs. This is the company that partnered Mia Khalifa on her first day of streaming.

What are all the pedophiles watching now without twitch?
 
Why are people so offended by the female anatomy?

It isn't being offended it just standards, When a game streaming site moves from games to ghetto booty twerks and tits then it's no longer a game streaming platform thus needs to kinda remove that title it once had. They really trying their best to retain it for some reason.

It's kinda sad.
 

the_master

Member
I think it’s because a lot of kids use twitch.
So, Kids should not see naked male or female bodies because they are... bad?

I find all this human anatomy censorship appalling. Sure we can see murder and mutilations in games, but oh boy ONE NIPPLE could de stabilize our minds!
"The kids are playing, what will they do if they see a penis!!! A penis like the one they may have, that is bad! They should not see anyone's penis, not even know others also have penises, they should be ashamed of their own!"
 

dorkimoe

Member
So, Kids should not see naked male or female bodies because they are... bad?

I find all this human anatomy censorship appalling. Sure we can see murder and mutilations in games, but oh boy ONE NIPPLE could de stabilize our minds!
"The kids are playing, what will they do if they see a penis!!! A penis like the one they may have, that is bad! They should not see anyone's penis, not even know others also have penises, they should be ashamed of their own!"
First of all, I never said one was better or worse than the other. I agree with you, we can show people violence on tv but we can't say "fuck". But I have little nieces that play around on youtube and stuff, and I'm not sure 8 is the age to start explaining why all these guys in twitch chat are asking this twitch Thot to bend over
 

the_master

Member
First of all, I never said one was better or worse than the other. I agree with you, we can show people violence on tv but we can't say "fuck". But I have little nieces that play around on youtube and stuff, and I'm not sure 8 is the age to start explaining why all these guys in twitch chat are asking this twitch Thot to bend over
Sure. My complaint is not for you.
Although that is a good point, should be ok to explain to a kid that people find other bodies attractive. Also explain to him how the internet works, how the trolls work and such.
 

Croatoan

They/Them A-10 Warthog
WTF are they worried about exactly?

Just age gate channels that show skin or genitals. They would make fucktons of more money if they allowed nudity.
 
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