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Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
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My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

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Twitch Updated their Sexual Content Policy:

  • Changes: Certain content now allowed with labels
  • Artistic Nudity: Permitted under Sexual Themes Label
  • Game Nudity: Contextual; labels necessary
  • Body Painting: Acceptable with appropriate label
  • Mature Games: Label generally covers content
  • Stream Visibility: Impacted by content labels
  • Twerking, grinding and pole dancing are now allowed without a label.

Via https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1735024184114245689

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[–] verysoft@kbin.social 38 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Twitch was good when it was video games only, it really went downhill since Amazon bought it.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"[service] really went downhill since [tech conglomerate] bought it" could be a Mad Lib.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

I’ll take “buy out directly leading to enshittification” for 500, Alex

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago

It was never video games only. My first introduction to Justin.tv was the fact that it had 24/7 Seinfeld streams.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It's fine lol, except they are way too aggressive on ads

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

You’ve got the history backwards. Twitch is just a spin-off of Justin.tv, rebranded.