Intentional misuse of tags ie. Vtuber tag on non-Vtuber
There has been a recent rise in streamers misusing the tag system, most noticeably with non-Vtubers using the Vtuber tag. This makes discoverability more difficult for both streamers who are actually Vtubers, and viewers trying to use the tag system to find Vtubers. Even prominent streamers are misusing tags, so this behavior has been spreading. I'd like to ask Twitch staff to please enforce action on the misuse of tags to help the streamers and viewers who are using the tag system as intended. Banning streamers from using specific tags they have been caught and verified to be abusing them might be a helpful solution to consider.
Hi, thanks for flagging this and sharing your suggestion.
We share and understand your concerns about how the intentional, repeated misuse of tags can undermine the purpose of the tags product itself. Tags are an important discoverability feature for communities, and a powerful way for all Creators—but especially those that are underrepresented—to express their personal identity and creative vision for their content.
We also do not feel Twitch should be the judge of Creators’ personal or creative identity, so we typically only enforce against the misuse of tags when it is associated with other behavior that violates our Community Guidelines such as hateful conduct or harassment.
That said, as the VTuber community’s experience demonstrates, there are limitations to this approach and we are actively investigating additional steps we can take to protect and improve the integrity of the tags feature at scale, without infringing on good faith Creators’ personal choice to express themselves and define their content.
Our goal is to have more to share with you about the tags feature later this year.
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potatoenvt commented
This is against TOS and far too many streamers (big ones might I add) are abusing it, knowing Twitch as a whole will not do anything. Set your rules right and hold them accountable.
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nemarosa commented
Holding those misusing tags accountable is important. I go into the Vtuber tags to see other Vtubers and not people fishing from a tag/community they're not a part of whatsoever for any reason.
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ohma_itachi commented
es una falta de respeto que la gente que odia a los vtubers use el tag para tratar de ganar mas followers/subs , merecen un castigo por parte de la plataforma
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RavenTheWraith commented
It’s worth mentioning that some people are using the Vtuber tag while talking about Vtubers like Nagzz21. Other just use the tag and say nothing like xqcOW.
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StarkKarst commented
Streamers who are non Vtubers are using the vtuber tag and trying to steal views from people who are legitimate vtubers. They are doing it to be vindictive and retaliate because they feel vtubers aren't "real streamers"
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zedslayerGAMER commented
As a small vtuber, getting by is already hard enough. And to see these established streamers use our tags to grow an already huge audience is terrible. And when called on it we get reported for harassment, and bullied into silence!
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GregorianGangsta commented
Disrespectful af. Smh
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Dawnstryder commented
Its so painfully obvious that this tag is being abused by non-vtubers to target and harass the vtuber community. While not a vtuber myself, i am a mod and consumer of streamers who use vtubing as their chosen choice of medium for presenting themselves and content.
Please Twitch, enforce stricter policies and punishments against the very obvious streamers at the top who are doing this. Take a second, search the Vtuber tag on any random day... and see what we're upset about for yourselves.
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EMGGNebrets commented
For upcoming VTUBERS/small channel VTUBERS who don't have a lot of viewers, people misusing the tag can potentially hurt their chances of being seen.
Twitch, please let's play fair here and help out! Enforce the rules you MADE.
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Tsuyu_Natsuni commented
xQc, lacari, IIJenz, ElisabeteTV,Nagzz21,Eve_Pekexx,JoystickOW,MrCoffeeTV,SVentur, Akron,hyacinth_yt, and VonzaTV are a few of the names I found with just like 5 minutes of searching
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pharaohramsesvt commented
This needs to be stopped!
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OldSoulRathael commented
On top of abusing the search engine, I've also seen talk of it being used to mock people who are currently Vtubers or trying to get started as Vtubers. Not sure how if that's true or far that goes, but do we really need more ways to mock more groups on Twitch?
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ovkara commented
the tags are meant to add visibility to those in a certain category... streamers large and small should be punished for intentional misuse of these tags, especially when one is on the larger end of the spectrum, your discoverability on twitch is already low enough. flooding the one thing with false advertisement (which yes thats what that is) should carry the appropriate consequences.
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tanime_and_art commented
I’m a vtuber and I’ve yet to debut, I planned on it being soon but if people continue to misuse the tag I don’t have much hope of my content being reached by others who want to see actual vtubers :(
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Grimmferno commented
It is clear that users are deliberately misusing the tag to the detriment of legitimate VTubers, especially those with smaller audiences. Additionally, there is evidence to suggest that at least some are even misusing the tag out of spite towards such content creators. This kind of toxicity should not be accepted on Twitch, regardless of how lucrative the user/s in question may be for the platform.
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DarknessShadow999 commented
Its so **** annoying cause they’re using it to gain popularity when they are not vtubers, meanwhile you got actual Vtubers who use this to grow. I hate it
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notaanothershyguy commented
Twitch has a policy of misusing tags and unfortunately if people wanna break the rules then it has to be enforced.
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egg_priority commented
It's super annoying having non-vtubers suggested to me when i'm looking for vtubers to watch.
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TheKamenGentleman commented
The Misuse of tags is getting crazy these days and non-vtubers using the vtuber tag just for extra views or to trigger communities is beyond stupid.
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caramelkaiteki commented
Yep, this is ridiculous. Especially since these streamers already have huge viewerships and basically drown out any actual Vtubers (especially the smaller ones) under the Vtuber tag.