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Re: Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

supergirl wrote: post #237
ClumsyPilot wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let's imagine this is true - so what? Would people be unhappy? Would someone die? would people have less issues with their personal lives is sex expression wasn;t at troubles as it is?

would you say the same about violence? let’s allow people to be violent as is natural. sex is tied to violence and competition. look how it is with animals; males fight to death for a chance to mate. that’s how it will be more or less

Think about the most violent organisations we have today: Mafia, drug cartels, etc. Are they fighting over sex? No, they are fighting over money.

I am not buying this Catholic Church idea that "if there is gonna be too much sexual expression, suddenly violence will skyrocket"

You know what could happen? It might reduce suicides, and they are 3 times more common than murder and nobody cares.

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Post by Nextgrid »

jasonwatkinspdx wrote: post #199

The next looming issue for Twitch is the Slots/Video Poker streamers. Similar to swim suits, I don't think gambling as a whole should be totally against ToS. There are some great poker streamers, and there've been some quite successful charity drives around casino games. But there's also one big streamer, famous with the CoD audience, that lately has been playing video poker on one of those bitcoin casino sites. He h…

Besides traditional gambling, there is/was this whole idea of paid "skins" in games (cosmetic enhancements that - thankfully - don't give you any advantage) and there is/was a site where you could gamble with them. Some popular streamers were gambling thousands worth of skins on these sites are were seen winning, while in reality I'm sure the gambling site was actually in on it and was sponsoring the gambling (if not outright skewing the odds in his favour) to entice viewers to do the same (but most likely lose).

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Post by corobo »

autocorr wrote: post #10

> Community and advertiser feedback made clear that we need to offer more ways to control the content that’s recommended as well as where ads appear. So, we’re introducing a new category: Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches. If you have chosen swimwear that is allowed under the “Swim and Beaches” contextual exception to our standard Nudity and Attire policy, you should stream into the Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches category. P…

> Why not just remove the exception and let people stream sexually suggestive content

Because you'll lose your card processor and have to switch to a high risk processor which halves your income. America is super weird when it comes to sex and there's no alternatives.

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Post by [deleted] »

wincy wrote: post #15
autocorr wrote: post #10

> Community and advertiser feedback made clear that we need to offer more ways to control the content that’s recommended as well as where ads appear. So, we’re introducing a new category: Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches. If you have chosen swimwear that is allowed under the “Swim and Beaches” contextual exception to our standard Nudity and Attire policy, you should stream into the Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches category. P…

Last time I was looking through streams I saw a woman in a bikini in a kiddie pool riding on a giant inflatable hot dog. I think her normal stream is painting herself with body paints? It’s hard to avoid and that plus the super coarse language make it seem insane to me that people let their kids watch Twitch streams. I’m sure there’s good content somewhere but it’s just not for me, if I want that stuff I’ll just go t…

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Post by corobo »

acidbaseextract wrote: post #25
autocorr wrote: post #10

> Community and advertiser feedback made clear that we need to offer more ways to control the content that’s recommended as well as where ads appear. So, we’re introducing a new category: Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches. If you have chosen swimwear that is allowed under the “Swim and Beaches” contextual exception to our standard Nudity and Attire policy, you should stream into the Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches category. P…

Probably the lost ad revenue. No company wants to advertise on those streams. By breaking them out in way where advertisers could opt out of that stream category, suggestive streamers (a huge segment of traffic) would lose money for Twitch.

> No company wants to advertise on those streams

Does anyone know why this is? Is it just a legacy generation thing?

If it was me hell yeah I'd be advertising on 30k viewer streams full of people eager and willing to throw money around (assume market fit, obviously)

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Post by [deleted] »

twobitshifter wrote: post #178
belltaco wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're missing the point of Twitch and also its culture. Twitch is closer to cable TV than anything else, even the terminology is the same, with 'channels'. Except that anyone can create a channel and stream it within the rules. The fact that there's some content you don't like on other channels being does not mean you shouldn't watch the streamers that you like. Just like there's a wide variety in content thats broa…

Clicked on wolframs channel, on the left side bar of recommended channels is a live indicator for someone named "Amouranth" streaming pools, hottubs, and beaches with 14.9k viewers.

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Post by corobo »

jedberg wrote: post #36

I never used Twitch before the pandemic -- watching people play games was never really my thing. But then I discovered the entire second use of Twitch, streaming music. Since March 2020, it's been possible to find someone streaming music at pretty much any time of day. One day I was watching around 2am Pacific time, and the stream ended. I was looking for another one when I saw someone in the music category with 13,0…

> She wasn't doing anything compelling.

Consider your experience except with the change that porn is banned in your household/country.

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Post by [deleted] »

ClumsyPilot wrote: post #190
thinkingemote wrote: post #85

The main thing is these are not "hot tubs" they are indoors, in a normal room, an apartment, in a kiddies play pool, with kiddies inflatable equipment. The water is, additionally, cold and a few inches deep. No-one in the world does this type of activity privately or in public. It's so obviously soft core pornography and way away from the sensible "appropriate behaviour and clothing rules" that it's absurd. Now there…

"if it's not porn, would you be okay with a 13 yr old (the age limit on twitch) doing it?" That's about the age people discover porn, so the test doesn't work.

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Post by cocoafleck »

krono wrote: post #189
tibbydudeza wrote: post #129

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Men that are lonely and crave some sort of connection to the opposite sex.

It's not uncommon to see donations of 5k USD and up in a single transaction. And oftentimes all this person gets in return - that is, if the camgirl.. apologies, streamer notices the sum come in at all - is a "you're so sweet thanks!". I just can't understand what they're hoping to get out of handing away so much money. Do they believe theirs will be reacted to differently? But why them? It's just so irrational!

I think it makes them feel appreciated when others are thanked as they now feel that they are part of the group (who is being thanked). Their individual donation doesn't need much praise if any. I agree with one of the other posters that it is related to loneliness. I could be mistaken obviously.
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