Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for e-sports events

Re:Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for e-... by broodbucket on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @10:00PM (#14600093)

It is difficult because even if you ban racist words, people will still find a way. The old BrainSlug emote is a perfect example of this (for those who don't know, it was the face of a black streamer. He was so sick of people using an image of his face to be racist that the emote was changed to a Futurama-esque actual brain slug).

It's tricky. If someone in chat is spamming ANELE ITS JUST A CLOCK BRO ANELE, it certainly has racial connotations, but is the statement itself racist? I don't know. I don't like it but I'm not sure if I'd be comfortable with someone being banned from chat because of t.

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Re:Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for e-... by bduerst on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @10:59PM (#14600337)

But do they find a way that is still relevant to the public?

I doubt he would be as embarrassed if commenters spammed 88, as opposed to more openly, well known racist terms. If they want to speak in a secret code, then there's already a long history of racists doing that which isn't unique to online.

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Re:Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for e-... by nnash on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:25AM (#14600880)

>ANELE ITS JUST A CLOCK BRO ANELE

Realistically how different is this than people going on /b/ just to type the N word? MingLee spam whenever there is an Asian on screen, TriHard HE SAID IT when someone says 'nei ga' in Mandarin on a Chinese cast or ANELE spam when someone of Indian/Middle East descent is on screen etc. etc.

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