Allow PG "Dumpy" style emotes on Twitch.
A Dumpy emote is an emote with a shaking butt in a circle and does not contain nudity or sexually explicit content of any kind. There are over 900 of them on Twitch as of this writing.
Dumpy emotes are incredibly popular among a wide number of communities on Twitch. However, they have been removed by Twitch Moderation at seemingly random for violating the community guidelines.
Context Here: https://twitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1686114277491650560
As these emotes are based on a draw-over of the PG movie Open Season from 2006 it seems absurd to ban them from the platform.
Context Here: https://twitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1686127545429942278
Non-sexualized animal butt emotes are allowed per our emote guidelines. Closing this submission - thank you.
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k1ttyytt1k
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I cannot understand why anyone would take the ferret twerking its butt as anything sexual. says more about the person reporting it than anything to me. as has been stated the concept is derived from a PG movie that would have been PG even in the 90's and probably 80's too if the tech to create this kind of cartoon existed. just let the Dumpy Exist it is hilarious and many many people use it and honestly i could see users leave the platform over you taking it away. I saw 10,000 people panic today when it was removed. honestly that Emote was one of the Contributing factors to me creating my twitch account finally and starting to watch over here vs on Youtube, was sad to immediatly see it go as i figured out my subscription
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godlymod69
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"WHAT DOES GYATT MEAN?
Gyatt or gyat is a slang term that is used to express strong excitement, surprise, or admiration. Gyatt is most commonly used as an exclamation in reaction to seeing a large butt (that is, the buttocks) and may be used as a noun to mean a large butt.The slang gyatt is an exclamation used to express excitement or shock, especially in reaction to seeing large buttocks or a voluptuous woman. It is often used as a hashtag in videos of curvy women or, much less often, men.
As a noun, gyatt is typically used to mean a large butt."
source: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/gyatt/
There is a streamer live at the time of me posting this that is using "gyatt" as the title of their video. If someone can expressively imply something along the lines of "used to express excitement or shock, especially in reaction to seeing large buttocks or a voluptuous woman."
Also people drinking alcohol live onstream doesn't seem suitable for a 13+ platform.
AND WE CANT HAVE A DANCING FERRET... seems legit -.-
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KoutetsuSteel
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"Booba? Allowed and promoted on the platform now.
PG Rated emotes? NOT ON MY Age 13+ PLATFORM."
-Some big dumdum Twitch Admin somewhere -
Metael
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With the emote originating from a family comedy film and, with no nudity implied or otherwise, this emote should never have been banned in the first place.
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ShayneWithAWhy
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The fact that these emotes design originate from a children's movie proves that they should not be banned on twitch
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Grurim
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I agree with this 100%
I understand, Twitch, that you are wanting to limit sexualized content, considering your service can be used by anyone 13 and older. There comes a time, however, where you must ask yourself, "Is there anything that can't be sexualized in the world?" to which your answer will be no (Thus why Rule 34 exists) which means, you need to consider intent and actual graphics.
Every "Dumpy" emote I have ever seen, was by far way less sexualized than a great deal of your supported "Just Chatting" channels. Of course, I have not seen them all, but that goes back to my previous statement on "Intent" and the actual look of the emote. The unilateral ban on "Dumpy" emotes makes no sense. I'm sure someone out there gets aroused by the Twitch logo, does that mean you're going to remove it from your website, too?
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OnlineAmbassador
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These innocent emotes should not be black listed for sexual content. Thor at pirate software is an absolute legend and is a responsible content creator who holds his community accountable with absolute integrity. The decision made by twitch staff has made us feel weird about something innocent, twitch please give us some validity back in your decision. Thank you.
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Soren426
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Allow us to use this emote please! It's just an adorable ferret. It's pg and I feel inoffensive. #FREETHEDUMPY!
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ClaireWhere
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Yes, absolutely these emotes should be allowed! Cute PG Dumpy emotes are so much fun and are completely harmless. Send a PG Dumpy emote in any streamer's chat I'm sure they would get a good smile, nobody is being harmed.
As long as it's PG, I see no reason for community guidelines to have to restrict it.
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LittleSiberianBear
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yes please. i think it's absurd to police fiction in this way especailly when there is nothing sexual about such emotes.
the Gasm policy is silly to. goodness knows advertisers would benefit from less restrictions. censorship is wildly unpopular. how dare we police humor and waste time and money policing humor.
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Sailblade
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Ferrets do not hurt hoomans. (maybe they do)
Bring back dumpy
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Emieinjeru
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BRING BACK THE DUMPIES!!!! Some of them are just cute things jiggling around not overly detailed showing nudity or anything
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john_anders
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Human "Dumpy" emotes definitely do not belong on this platform. However, non humanoid "Dumpy" emotes with non suggestive content, such as animals or abstracted characters (see Among Us or aliens), ABSOLUTELY belong on this platform. The "Dumpy" emote as a whole concept has never been suggestive and had always been a part of the internet's absurdist humor.
To ban the "Dumpy" emote as a concept would be equivalent to banning Pepe the Frog and all his derivatives and reskins across the platform, thus killing another diverse subsection of emotes.
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AzuIes
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Free the dumpy! We love it, its fun and it doesn't hurt anyone. As many others have pointed out it's perfectly PG and having it banned just because there's a butt in the picture is absurd.
I hope you listen to the community and let is have this beloved emote back.
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thepandolorian
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It would be absurd to allow an emote of a HUMAN with this type of emote, but as it is an animal I think it is absurd to ban it. ALLOW THE DUMPIES!
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HorrorCatTV
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FREE THE DUMPY
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maybride2018
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Bring back the emote! It literally is not hurting anyone but the people who love it
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GuyAbeetus1
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We are letting women "twerk" on twitch now, which not everyone on twitch isn't 18+, and it is pretty easy to make an account saying you're 18+ to watch those, and yet here we are and can't have dumpy emotes.
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DaddyDimmuTV
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Free this type of emote! communities love it and it means no harm!
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Limettendieb
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I need the Dumpy emote to be a happy Twitch enjoyer. I dont even see why it got deletet in the first place, it is a cute, fluffy ferret and everyone who sees a ferret as a sexual desireable beeing shoud go and see a doctor. (no offence)