After surviving through a Twitch ban of 48 hours for reacting to Avatar: The Last Airbender on Livestream, star streamer Pokimane returned on the purple platform to address the hot topic at hand and defend the “lazy” image that is being painted on reaction streamers by a section of the Internet. Pokimane ban twitch, Twitch stream, Twitch TV show, Twitch Meta Pokimane, Pokimane Avatar ban, Pokimane lazy claim
Pokimane’s statements come at a time when the entire Twitch community is split about their opinions on broadcasting copyrighted materials and the DMCA threats. The Moroccan-Canadian streamer sheds light on this matter and points out that many critics are being unnecessarily harsh with their comments. Needless to say, many took a dig at Pokimane too, like Twitch employee Shannon who called Pokimane a “fool”.
Here’s what Pokimane said,“I saw all the criticism snowball into the point that people were insulting streamers, and outright labeling them and the whole genre as lazy and I just felt that it was sort of unwarranted,” she said. “While I agree react content is one of the easiest content to make, it’s just unfair to just label people as ‘you’re untalented and lazy.”
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Pokimane then handed out examples of streamers that were being criticized and why they are talented. “So many streamers at the top of the viewership list doing react content have already made amazing achievements. Disguised Toast was a main driving force in the Among Us and Hearthstone era,” she said. “xQc streams 12 hours a day and he was a pro player. They’ve all had great accomplishments, so I just found the criticism weird.”
She expressed her wish to be able to react to TV shows and said, “I really do hope that someday, publishers and live streamers can collaborate to the extent that they would allow us to share the experiences of watching full-length movies and TV shows with viewers all around the world. I think that would be so amazing,”
It’s clear that Pokimane wants to continue with reaction streams with some legal boundaries talked over this time. Fans would be more than happy to witness such collaborations in the future.
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