Better imagine Twitch the latest rules are updated recited by a downtrodden, barely existing speaker.
“Content on Twitch is always evolving,” they mutter, unable to remember how many variations of the phrase they’ve coined before. “And we want to make sure our rules are working as intended and keep up with emerging behaviors.”
This time, the emerging behavior is the streaming of games on joints. That is, using the back as a green screen, overlays the gameplay tape on it. (Or just point the camera at your ass.)
If streaming Fortnite on your back or watching other people stream Fortnite on their backs is something you enjoy, you’d better start streaming your jug ASAP because this is an emergency behavior that Twitch will not allow to continue. On Friday, “content that focuses on intimate body parts for extended periods of time will not be allowed,” the site said.
Twitch has been updated sexual content guidelines with the new rule.
As Harvey pointed out in his report last week, writing and enforcing fair and equitable rules around sexual content, including defining what is and isn’t “sexual” has been one of Twitch’s big struggles, in part because creative streamers try anything it doesn’t outright ban. .
One big innovation came when Twitch said streamers could wear swimwear if they were in swimming conditions, prompting streamers to start appealing to their audiences from inflatable pools. Twitch has finally added an official “Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches” category. In this case, he chose not to add the Butts category.
Ahead of Friday’s TOS change, butt streaming pioneer Morgpie currently broadcast with a camera placed under a transparent chair. “I wish people would stop complaining about the donkey and enjoy it until Friday,” he said.
As for what the new meta will be after Friday, he said he doesn’t know. Whenever it arrives, we can be sure to hear from Twitch again that “content is always evolving.”