BrikoX'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment
givesomefucksThe streamers think they’re the stars and partners with the streaming company…
But the company is always going to treat them as products with incredibly short shelf lives under even the best conditions.
Twitch doesn’t view them as real people, and knows even if they do quit or are harmed even killed, millions of barely adults would kill to take their place.
BlackLaZoRThe problem is kick, that grows up with much better revenue split while Twitch is so incompetent that they may at some point lose the first mover advantage
Something Burger 🍔Right? Kick literally had a mentally ill man die on stream and tried to erase their tracks to avoid responsibility.
Twitch has no competiton. As of 2024 they had 61% of total watch time across all live streaming platforms. It’s the kind of share that other industries would kill to have. None of the other streaming markets or even VOD platforms can achieve these numbers.
Take music streaming, Spotify only has ~32% of the market share even though they are kind of ubiquitous with music streaming at this point.
As of 2024 they had 61% of total watch time
Out of curiosity, how much did they have in 2019?
hakaseI don’t know where you’ve got those figures from, but according to this source, youTube has over 50% of the live streaming market, as measured in watch-hours. Then it’s TikTok, and then twitch.
Either that’s paid, or my browser’s being funny and not letting me download it. I found what appears to be a breakdown of those stats here: streamlabs.com/…/streamlabs-and-stream-hatchet-q4…
The numbers match up to your claim, give or take. You’ll notice, however that that’s only talking about gaming streams.
FernIt sounds like Twitch staff didn't handle this well and Emiru is calling them out on it. Even though they claim the individual was dealt with immediately, it sounds like it took Emiru pushing for it for anything to happen and that they pressured her to do in person meet and greets when she felt uncomfortable about them. Curious beyond that how could Twitch as an organization make things safer for streamers like her.
RedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️If by dealt with immediately they let him go and just gave him a 30 day ban initially, then yes. She had to talk to her manager who then talked to Twitch who then upped that ban to a permanent one. And I don’t even think the police has been involved yet.
Amazon wanted to brush this under the carpet…
I really miss the pre-amazon days of Twitch…
Amazon wanted to brush this under the carpet…
I really miss the pre-amazon days of Twitch…
I can imagine that this type of celebrity attracts the most unhinged obsessed fans with borderline personality disorder and/or other potentially dangerous and antisocial behaviors.
giacomo30 day ban from twitch events
Certainly an environment that encourages a lot of people to just be nice to everyone in stream by default (except when someone is deemed acceptable to be yelled at and laughed at by everyone else for content…) and some people are lonely enough that they read a little too much into “HI [username]!”
Possibly linuxThat’s not an excuse to assault somebody
Hold people accountable instead of blaming the victim
GalactoseLet’s be honest here, Emiru is literally a bland do-nothing loser who cultivated her fan… I mean cult in a certain way to make it easier for her to fleece money off of desperate men.
No one’s denying it is assault. In fact a lot of people say incident was waaaaaay too outrageous to be not considered staged. (Remember the whole Amouranth’s fake abuse case where she framed her husband & was later revealed to be bullshit.)
At the end of the day, the person will go to jail, but this was a case of their toxic manipulative behaviour backfiring on them.
Acknowledging it was assault is not the same thing as not blaming the victim. People who say “she deserved to get raped” are acknowledging that a victim was raped.
I’ve not looked into Amouranth. This thread is about Emiru. Who is not culpable - in any way - for her assault. This is not something “backfiring” on her.
she was asking for it
Are you hearing yourself right now?
ChozoWhich posts fit here?
Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.
is a fistfight at best buy “technology”?
Florn [they/them]Are they fighting over the merchandise or is it a personal matter?
merch, but it’s the last mountain dew in the impulse buy fridge
artyomTechnology definition is so broad that it could fit 90% of the general news into it.
I understand that everyone feels that technology should only apply to what they think technology is, but that’s why there is a section in the sidebar to specify what it means in this community.
As a mod obviously you're the one that gets to decide for this community. This is obviously not technology, but whatever, you get to do what you want here
Emiru did a short stream going into additional details about the incident, as well as some other fuck-ups by Twitch staff that weren't mentioned in this article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USuIpVAqAw
tl;dw: Emiru calls out Twitch for lying about the situation in their official statements, expresses concern for what sort of response a smaller streamer would've gotten if they were attacked like this, and draws attention to Twitch's lack of security and professionalism. Twitch staffers originally laughed about the situation to Emiru's face, and didn't seem to care until the video went viral. They ran background checks on everybody who signed up for her meet-and-greet event, but the attendees were allowed to bring a plus-one with them, who did NOT have to get background checked. Twitch staff also allowed people to walk around even after their badges couldn't scan properly.
Also, because this isn't anywhere near the first time Emiru has been attacked in public, she points out that she's spent tens of thousands of dollars for her own private security, and wasn't even allowed to bring her preferred bodyguard with her because he's permanently banned from Twitch events due to restraining a stalker during a previous event.
Twitch fucked up big time here.
Addressing what happened at TwitchCon
ryvenAlso, because this isn’t anywhere near the first time Emiru has been attacked in public, she points out that she’s spent tens of thousands of dollars for her own private security, and wasn’t even allowed to bring her preferred bodyguard with her because he’s permanently banned from Twitch events due to restraining a stalker during a previous event.
What the fuck? They banned her bodyguard for protecting her and then asked her to come back without him? It’s like they wanted her to get assaulted.
Kefla [she/her, they/them]I feel crazy for even saying it, but yeah, that is exactly what it looks like to me. Like Twitch staff specifically wanted this to happen, as some sort of revenge against her for mistreating their fellow predators.
Exactly how I felt
“Assault drama is great for algorithmic engagement” - Twitch prolly
BlackmistIn fairness we’re taking that comment as face value without knowing what level of violence “restraining a stalker” entailed.
It seems like they need her at their event for credibility, but she doesn’t really need them. They fucked up by not recognizing this, and now they are going to lose her drawing power at future events. And all they had to do was protect a girl from known weirdos. Nice job, dickheads.
There’s at least one individual inside the company that was involved in that decision. They should all have liability here, as individuals.
HanrahanPress x for doubt
A bit closer to he got a wee bit violent and a legal bruh ha ha ensued.
AbeilleVeganeWere you going for “brouhaha”?
Banned her bodyguard :: chefs kiss ::
Great job Twitch, real A+ quality work! Hope the entire company goes bankrupt.
I Cast FistLast I heard, it’s not exactly profitable, but it has Amazon money behind it, so that will take a while
This is fucked. Fuck twitch.