This seems like overblown PC madness. The slipslide to ever more censored language, the kind of pandering that got us such choice condescending words as "differently abled" and "handicapable".

This change would just give negative attention to people with tic disorders.

And I say this as someone with Tourettes...

Hmm what would be a cool name to replace it with that isn't aibelist and offensive?

From my experience asking people to do something without giving them a proper solution will not go through as easily as if you actually come up with a solution.

I think it should definitely be changed now that I am aware of this kind of a trigger this word can be.

Also it's kinda of a blä name I would go with some things like stream or streams but they should definitely do there research before changing their legal name and domain name...

It's not that easy but definitely not out of reach.

Heck yeah bro. My homie has a nervous twitch from Tourette's where he clicks his throat and tweaks his head. you fothermuckers are bringin him down with your constant reminder of his problem. HOW DARE YOU!?

The name is offensive to people with Tourette's and Schizophrenia.

The name twitch is ableist towards people with Muscular dystrophies.

That term can be offensive to or discriminating against people with impaired motor control.

Also i have a list ofover 1000 words i would like you to banned since they are also use with a malice intentions to offende people in general.The following words are :.attack
attention
attorney
audience
author
authority
available
beat
beautiful
because
become
bed
before
begin
behavior
behind
believe
benefit
best
better
between
beyond
big
bill
billion
bit
black
blood
blue
board
body
book
born
both
box
boy
break
bring
brother
budget
build
building
business
but
buy
by
call
camera
campaign
can
cancer
candidate
capital
car
card
care
career
carry
case
catch
cause
cell
center
central
century
certain
certainly
chair
challenge
chance
change
character
charge
check
child
choice
choose
church
citizen
city
civil
claim
class
clear
clearly
close
coach
cold
collection
college
color
come
commercial
common
community
company
compare
computer
concern
condition
conference
Congress
consider
consumer
contain
continue
control
cost
could
country
couple
course
court
cover
create
crime
cultural
culture
cup
current
customer
cut
dark
data
daughter
day
dead
deal
death
debate
decade
decide
decision
deep
defense
degree
Democrat
democratic
describe
design
despite
detail
determine
develop
development
die
difference
different
difficult
dinner
direction
director
discover
discuss
discussion
disease
do
doctor
dog
door
down
draw
dream
drive
drop
drug
during
each
early
east
easy
eat
economic
economy
edge
education
effect
effort
eight
either
election
else
employee
end
energy
enjoy
enough
enter
entire
environment
environmental
especially
establish
even
evening
event
ever
every
everybody
everyone
everything
evidence
exactly
example
executive
exist
expect
experience
expert
explain
eye
face
fact
factor
fail
fall
family
far
fast
father
fear
federal
feel
feeling
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field
fight
figure
fill
film
final
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financial
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fine
finger
finish
fire
firm
first
fish
five
floor
fly
focus
follow
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foot
for
force
foreign
forget
form
former
forward
four
free
friend
from
front
full
fund
future
game
garden
gas
general
generation
get
girl
give
glass
go
goal
good
government
great
green
ground
group
grow
growth
guess
gun
guy
hair
half
hand
hang
happen
happy
hard
have
he
head
health
hear
heart
heat
heavy
help
her
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herself
high
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himself
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history
hit
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home
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increase
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into
investment
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issue
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keep
key
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kill
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kitchen
know
knowledge
land
language
large
last
late
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law
lawyer
lay
lead
leader
learn
least
leave
left
leg
legal
less
let
letter
level
lie
life
light
like
likely
line
list
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live
local
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loss
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more
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mother
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movement
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Mrs
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pressure
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prove
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I have Tourettes and your name is highly offensive and hurtful to me. Not only is this blatantly unacceptable, it also undermines the community you are building. I highly recommended you change your name from Twitch, so people like me can feel safe and welcomed.Until you do these changes me and my community will never use these site.

In light of the recent, well thought out decision to remove the term "blind playthrough", I believe it's time to show your commitment to not alienating users with disabilities by removing the term "walkthrough" and changing the name of the platform.
You've shown a willingness to accommodate blind gamers, don't you think it's time to extend the same courtesy to those with paralysis or one of the myriad of conditions that cause involuntary spasms.

Neurological disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, Dystonia, Neuromyotonic. These are just a few issues people suffer from that are characterized by mild to severe muscle spasms, or "twitching." The community feels that the website name is a mischaracterization of a very common issue afflicting thousands of people who use the site. The name is ableist, offensive and disheartens many potential viewers and streamers.

I just made a similar post, this issue has been plaguing the site since 2011. It's former name "JustinTV" was perfectly fine, then they decided to just poke fun at a common affliction.

I am 24 years old with Parkinsons disease. Everytime I see the word "twitch" it brings me back to when I was mercilessly bullied in school. I would always be harassed and called twitch, shakey, twitchy and it made me very insecure. Part of the reason why I dont stream on this platform to begin with is because of the name. As someone who can't aim in their favorite games each time I've even tried to stream on this platform I immediately get called twitch or twitchy. If you're serious about including everyone just as you have with the blind persons; why cant this happen either??

Since now that we got rid of the tag "Blind Playthrough" I think it is time we change Twitch's name! This offensive and outdated terms hurts the feeling of those that can't help, but have twitches due to their uniqueness. The name is very biggoted and should be changed to something more appropriate.