The hot-tub meta has boomed on Twitch in recent months but has come under intense scrutiny from most of the community. People claim that most hot-tub streams are “sexually suggestive.” Hence, they ...

Twitch has been under fire this past week regarding its allowance and prohibition of streamers who log into Twitch from their hot tub, providing viewers with a variety of content, all while wearing ...

As the home for so much gaming content on the internet, Twitch often finds itself at the heart of controversy and online discourse. One of the more recent topics of discussion was the merit of “hot ...

Twitch has added a dedicated "Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches" section. The addition comes after the Amazon-owned company demonetized, without warning, the channels of several of its most popular creators ...

The first four days of the new category hitting Twitch it has garnered more than 1.4 million hours of watch-time. Twitch decided it was launching a new category on Friday, May 21. That new category is ...

Pools. Hot Tubs, and Beaches is officially a new category on Twitch. Photo: Florence Ion/Gizmodo Twitch has officially released its policy on creators who livestream from hot tubs: It’s OK, as long as ...

Twitch responded to its emerging “Hot Tub Meta” this week with the creation of a new streaming category: Pools, Hot Tubs & Beaches. The goal of the new category is to give people who streamed in ...

On Friday, Twitch announced a new category for people who stream while wearing swimsuits called Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches. And while sure, many of the swimsuit-clad streamers can be found in the ...

A late arrival to the gaming field who grew up in a household devoid of consoles. Her life changed after she found an old Gameboy Color and a copy of Pokémon Crystal at a garage sale. While she ...

Twitch has finally ruled that it’s not against its rules to be deemed attractive. It’s the latest and official word in the saga of “hot tub meta” that’s taken over the platform in recent weeks, though ...

Twitch has set standards in community guidelines for the distribution of sexual content: 'Nude expression and pornography, sexual activity and content such as sexual activity or sexual activity, ...

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