Twitch bans words “simp” and “virgin”

Re:Twitch bans words “simp” and “virgin” by Bakary on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:37PM (#25452153)

I am under the impression that the toxic userbase generates the most spending and engagement (not surprising if you think about it...) Therefore we are probably in feature-not-a-bug territory here.

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Re:Twitch bans words “simp” and “virgin” by throwaway123409 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:34AM (#25452872)

I don’t think thats true.

There’s people who have endless time (teenaged trolls) and there’s people who have endless money (lonely middle aged techies)

The teenaged trolls (incels) provide the engagement, and the lonely middle aged techies (simps) provide the spending.

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Re:Twitch bans words “simp” and “virgin” by bawolff on Thursday December 17, 2020 @03:13AM (#25453664)

I don't know about twitch, but from my experience with other internet places, often the least mature people who you are sure must be some 15 year old asshole, turns out to be 40, and some of the most mature members turn out to be surprisingly young. I don't think we should assume all trolls all teens.

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Re:Twitch bans words “simp” and “virgin” by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday December 17, 2020 @02:50AM (#25453549)

It’s worth noting for comparison that many sports have a similar problem with their spectators - fans getting into fistfights and riots is far from unheard of.

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