Twitch To Ban Users For 'Hate' on Other Platforms (bbc.com)

Twitch has updated its guidelines so that abuse taking place on other platforms can contribute to a suspension on the streaming site. From a report: Directing "hate or harassment" towards someone on Twitch using other services will be considered a policy violation. Conduct Twitch deems "hateful" on any platform will result in an "immediate indefinite suspension." Sexual conduct rules have also been changed to consider the "context" of a stream. Moderators will pay attention to clothing, the title of a stream, camera angles and chat moderation when deciding whether something is sexually inappropriate.

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Game Experience May Change During Online Play

[bigmacx]

We really, really shouldn't shed light on the world of text chat and voip in online gaming.

All you're gonna find is a toxic anti-world where we act in ways we're nothing like in RL and there's a periodic appearance of a squeaker using a surprisingly well-versed foul mouth completely inappropriate for their level of life-experience. I always ask them to put their hot single mom on the headset.

Squeakers, the Easter Eggs of online gaming.

Re:Good idea

[110010001000]

No one in 2018 uses sexuality for personal gain. That would be exploitation and no modern company would support exploitation of their customers and content creators.

Since Every Tech Company Is Doing This

[Kneo24]

Sometime soon in the near future, everyone will be banned from everything for something they did that one time, that ultimately, no one gives a shit about.

Re:Since Every Tech Company Is Doing This

[Anonymous Coward]

I used to read about Victorian culture and boggle at how closeted and demanding it was, how rigid facades were required to get anywhere in life and wonder how the fuck a society could ever get that way.

Yeah, I don't wonder about that shit anymore...

When the new counter-culture hits (as it must) it's going to make the 60s look sedate.

Re:THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

[PopeRatzo]

It's obvious you've got a hard-on for Trump's side boob

You mean Pence?

Speech != Hate

[bryanandaimee]

This would be less troublesome if Hate had not become synonymous with

Conservative opinion
Religious opinion
Liberal opinion
Biology
Logic
Statistics
Independent thought

The only thing you can say these days that is not considered hate speech is up-to-the-nanosecond left wing (not liberal) PC group-speak.

Re:Funny

[XxtraLarGe]

If a woman is dressing inappropriately that can be called out

No, it can't. Watch out, or you'll be sent to the SJW reeducation camp..