We're not going to just let this go if you keep feigning ignorance, and we won't let you hear the end of this. Why do you seem so intent on disregarding us? Frankly, it's childish and embarrassing that you keep trying to brush us off.

Twitch: do you want to talk about being gay?
Streamer: Yes!
Audience: Yes!
Twitch: Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?
Nazis: No.

do you want to be the streaming site for nazis? bc you're acting like you want to be the streaming site for nazis.

If this was a requirement hoisted upon you by your lawyers, then drag your lawyers in and have them explain why, specifically, the rule needs to exist.
If the rule is not something that is somehow required by law, get rid of it. You are quashing the ability for marginalized people to express themselves - and a far greater percentage of your streamers are marginalized than you realize.

I have no desire to use or even see AI generated art assets or content on Twitch. I come to Twitch for the human connection with talented Vtubers and Streamers. I come to see the amazing talent that they display from Artists, Riggers, Sound Designers, Musicians, and more. What I want from Twitch is antithetical to AI. Please cease this and consider hiring real talent to make simple things for you.

So disappointing that Twitch is trying to just ignore this and hope it goes away. This is a serious issue affecting minority creators, and the fact they're content to just let it keep being an issue for these people is disappointing. Shame on you, Twitch.

Stop dismissing and belittling the community with nonanswers and dodged questions. Take action and defend, not ignore and belittle.

It is deeply disappointing that Twitch continues to avoid this topic. The number of ways this policy can be abused are too many to list. It's especially chilling knowing in the US what the incoming administration's intentions are r.e. online speech and the FCC. This just makes their job even easier.

I have to agree. There is too much wiggle room leaving it as is. Abuse and hatred towards LGBT groups is covered by the anti-harassment and discrimination policies. There is no reason for talking about LGBT issues to be locked behind a label.

I would tend to hope that what this policy is intending to do would already be covered under the anti-hate speech and anti-discrimination policies. Attempting to regulate speech simply because it touches on topics, rather than for the nature of the content therein, is woefully ill advised, and causes myself and many others great discontent with the state of the platform.

The way that Twitch is sweeping this under the rug is disgusting.

Twitch we need an answer that Clarifies what counts as polarizing, you've given a nothing answer that doesn't do anything but encourage hatred and discrimination, you refusing to say anything just furthers support those with ill intentions.

This is a scary state of affairs to be in. The amount of hatred trans women deal with on an interpersonal, legal, and structural level is unreasonable. Shutting down our ability to speak our personal experiences only serves the people on the wrong side of history as well as the griefers and bad actors who seek to silence them out of malice and spite.

Twitch can't clarify this away; it's a non-starter. There's no version of this that both doesn't trigger bigots and doesn't harm and further marginalize vulnerable groups.

almost a month later and twitch still refuses to acknowledge this. theyre showing their hand here.

It is still a discriminatory practice to demonetize people based on parts of their identity that would show up in every equality and human rights legislation anywhere on the planet, no matter how much they try to be vague about when these rules actually take.
And aside from that, Twitch still fails to understand that the platform functions entirely on the relationship the audience has with the specific streamers they connect with. If you demonetize droves of marginalized streamers and drive them off the platform, the viewers aren't going to just stay around for the right wing dudes that are gonna be left.

I understand so little of what they think this policy does that i can't even express it. how this will actually effect us is disgusting.

I understand so little of what they think this policy does that i can't even express it. how this will actually effect us is disgusting.

I find it appalling that you would remedy the prior issue by "clarifying" what 38,000 users told you was an awful idea. We expect better from the Twitch platform.

Let's not let the community uservoices about this issue die. We WILL be heard by Twitch, one way or another!