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
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Skippo_ commented
I agree, Dumpy-like emotes are too widespread banned. It seems unfair for fun, PG, non-sexual emotes to be taken away.
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StartJumpM0dernize commented
The fact the original clip from which these emotes originate from is considered PG in my opinion places further emphasis on the fact that these are not sexually explicit or disturbing to younger viewers. If they can watch the original clip, they should be safe to watch an emote based on it
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Outlaw_Robot commented
Please allow this emote, as it is considered cute, not sexual. Ferrets are a part of this community's interests, and Dumpy is a beloved mascot.
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Garsash commented
I agree these emotes are a large part of the Twitch community and should not result in bans or removal of the emote. It's just funny animal butt.
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icedragonwizard commented
Personally, I agree with this because I think that it falls more under the comedy category. There are no blatent sexual features like jiggle physics or a defined ****. That's why I think that it shouldn't fall under the sexual category. Of course that doesn't mean that all dumpys are okay, and there is a line, but emotes like yarrDumpy don't cross that lije IMO
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satdarn commented
I belive that while the policy had good intentions this unintentionally targeted these dumpy emotes, these have no sexual imagery and are completely harmless. They are a community favorite and applying the nudity rule to the emotes demonstrates a lack of common sense.
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risen3712 commented
+1
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abyssalscholar commented
Emote is from an explicitly pg13 movie, as such it fits within the guidelines and I therefore agree that it should be allowed. In addition, the emote itself is very beloved by the community.
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TheMagicalCatBoy commented
There's so many people that still have these, and in all honesty - it's all in good fun. There's nothing sexual about them and I have yet to see a sexual depiction of them. Agree this should be allowed =)
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LazerPiwPiw commented
This emote, has a heartbound connection to the community, and similar emotes should not be limited by the TOS rules, in my personal opinion.
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valiant_armor commented
Banning these types of emotes seems a bit absurd. They do no harm and are not explicit in any way
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bigglebomber commented
There is nothing with this emote that depicts the sexualization of any particular person or group, this is a representation in GIF form of a childrens animated movie that was rated PG, and it falls well below the threshold of a sexually explicit image or GIF. Please consider allowing this emote. Thank you for your time.
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darknase commented
As the OP says: It's from a PG movie. It one of the most used emotes, and it's used - 'cause of the removal that happens - in many communities in their off-twitch solutions like Discord, where, they still used.
It's incomprehensible to me that this PG thing would be a problem.
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Nerf_Dermer commented
I don't believe the emotes violate ToS. Especially given the source context.
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Bumpergaming commented
The rules and the law is blind and people make judgement. In the case of this emote I hope that the judgement can be that this is allowed. I like that Twitch is moderating their platform responsibly it is very respectful but I hope that it can also make some exceptions where it makes sense. In this case I think it is not sexually enough to get banned but that is just my opinion.
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tigerboy_20 commented
I couldn't agree more with this post and this should be changed
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MasterTomNL commented
Agreed. Dumpy is great.
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AceKokuren commented
I fail to see how emotes like this are problematic. It is all light hearted fun as it not trying to sexualise anything.
If She Hulk can get away with Megan Thee Stallion Twerking on the show, then why are we not allowed Dumpy emotes?
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Cos_playing commented
It's just a funny animation, and I don't see ANYONE taking any offense in those emotes or ever think of it as sexuallized tbh.
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Little_Fire_Bird commented
I 100% agree, these emotes bring no harm and are plain fun for the whole community.