Sykkuno finally responds to “poor baiting” accusations amid Twitch leak backlash – Dexerto

Sykkuno has moved to quash claims he’s “poor baiting” his Twitch fans following a wave of online backlash aimed at the popular star that was originally sparked by revelations he earns upwards of $1.1 million a year from his booming streaming career. On October 6, the Twitch backend code was compromised. No Twitch streamer was left spared by the site’s monster data leak that spilled out onto the internet earlier this week; thousands of stars had their account codes and total Twitch earnings unveiled in the 135GB data drop. Among them was Sykkuno, who ⁠— along with outspoken political streamer Hasan ⁠— has been copping the brunt of the outrage from the Twitch community. According to a holdout few of the Twitch star’s 3.7m followers, Sykkuno has been “poor baiting” them. They believe he was pretending to make less than he actually does to rake in subscriptions, donations, and followers. These accusations reached a fever pitch when the 29-year-old had his average monthly earnings ($79,846) aired in the high-profile 4chan leak. On top of that, they claim he lied about missing bill payments. Now Sykkuno has responded; he flatly denied ever trying to “bait” his Twitch fans to earn more,…
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