Streamers Unhappy With Twitch Pride Month Celebrations – The Indiependent

©TwitchSeveral LGBTQIA+ streamers have expressed disappointment over how Twitch handled this year’s Pride Month celebrations.Twitch created a team of 55 LGBTQIA+ creators which were featured live on the front page of the website, and they also created a Pride front page recommendation shelf.However, some streamers noted that this did not benefit them. Both Warwick and ReadySetBen told EuroGamer that their viewership did not increase.“Truth be told it was very disappointing, it was lacklustre in comparison to some of the previous ones,” ReadySetBen said. “This year, you were there but you were underneath other shelves, you had to find queer people. You did appear on recommended shelves, but it’s always people you already follow. It’s so hard to find new creators with that.”Warwick agreed that the shelf wasn’t visible enough on the homepage.“If they want to support Pride Month, they need to make it front and centre,” they said. “I feel like Twitch wants to support but they feel like that if they put it front and centre then they will get more of a backlash.“I feel like they should change their outlook and change the front page and go ‘this is what we’re supporting, if you don’t like it this
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