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Stricter rules against sexually suggestive streamers

Over the past year or so I've come across multiple streamers creating/streaming sexually suggestive content with the clear intention to arouse viewers and provoke a s*xual response from them for financial gain.

This is the kind of content you'd expect to see on a p*rn or live cams site for adults, and is totally unacceptable. I've reported a lot of streamers, affiliates and partners for this kind of content and not one of them have been banned or suffered any consequences.

This gives me reasonable cause to say that Twitch staff who review these types of reports again streamers for this kind of inappropriate content need to be much more strict and less lenient.

Please introduce stricter rules to prevent this kind of inappropriate content or retrain and review Twitch staff who review reports against these streamers. It would also be interesting to see the diversity among Twitch staff who review reports.
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  • AcingEagle commented  ·   ·  Report

    I think this fundamentally has a few problems:
    - Why is this a trend? Who profits from sexual suggestion?
    - Is the trend actually causing objective harm?
    - Does stricter enforcement actually change the behave?

    Ofc, subjective harm needs to be respected in crafting processes for the guidelines, and policy decisions.

    While I believe its fully ok to have sexually suggestion (depending on context), I question the purpose, intent, and what it does with the community.

    So many streamers going in that direction, I have heard from many, they feel pressured to do so by other platforms such as TikTok, but also by other streamers, coming from other platforms, or having such conduct in their streams.

    One should also question, whether sexual suggestion actually has some benefit. Either it disgusts people, or it attracts them spending money, or it does not even affect them.

    I would rather say, except if they want to be sexually attracted (are on "the search"), they feel rather pressured to move away, thus it is harming the community, especially of the streamer doing it.

    My last question relates to whether strict enforcement would actually change something. As I have implictly said, it is a structural issue, as such we have to change the community conduct, not only by punishment but by active engagement as community.

    People won't change their habit if you just punish them. You have to explain and make people understand as well, why a conduct is improper, and even better why a conduct is better suited to achieve what the people (streamers and their communities) want.

    /E: I forgot to mention the world wide econmic crisis, and the economic situation of every streamer, people on Twitch who watch, and the people at Twitch, including Amazon’s revenue and re-investment into the platform through moderation (costs).

  • ChrisFoster commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'd like to add that blocking sexually suggestive streamers does not block them from appearing on the front page of twitch or when browsing through categories.