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Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new... by jsiepkes on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:26AM (#27254220)
> We intentionally designed that system for creators to be able to describe what they were streaming, not who they were or what they stood for. We have maintained this distinction since that time, and we were wrong.

And giving people a label such as "disabled" or "LGBTQIA+" somehow defines what a person stands for or who they are?

I think this must be a cultural gap because as someone who doesn't live in the US I'm seriously flabbergasted by what I'm reading. I seriously fail to see how labeling people is leading to a more tolerable and inclusive society. The blogpost also doesn't make case for it. It just pretends that it's "common sense" that it does.

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Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new... by sascha_sl on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:41AM (#27254610)
It just groups people by similar experience instead of just content. People go to Twitch for personalities, not games, so this makes more sense to me.
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Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new... by TheAdamAndChe on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:38PM (#27257878)
If that were true, then they would add tags for Christian, Conservative, white, etc. This is obviously just pandering to a certain population for wokeness points.
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Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new... by watwut on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:01AM (#27254721)
It is pretty normal for French to watch French sport rather then Italian. And vice versa. That is not uniquely US phenomenon.
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