Twitch Continues Streak Of Public Backlash After Banning Russian Streamer Who Burns Gas Stove 24/7
Continuing its recent wave of generating backlash and controversial decisions as of late, Twitch has decided to follow up its contentious partner price-cut policy with the banning of a Russian streamer for reportedly having "violent content."
Known as Russiangas1, the theme of the streamer's entire channel revolved around leaving their gas stove on 24/7, all four burners lit, while having a message posted on the screen taunting Europeans over their gas shortage while Russia has very cheap gas prices. The man's initial flex on Europeans, as well as sub-goals such as buying a camera for looking at the boiling water, made him a near-instant success on the platform lately and elsewhere online.
There is a Russian livefeed on @Twitch where a guy just burns gas 24/7 and occasionally pops on to laugh at Europeans. Imagine CEOs of a German company coming home after a long day of losses and depression only to find this stream.https://t.co/GbI5c63TFu
— CulturalHusbandry (@APhilosophae) September 20, 2022
Did you know, there is a russian man on Twitch, streaming himself just burning gas 24/7 pic.twitter.com/wgPfNkgzil
— Sth (@microgrrr) September 19, 2022
While Twitch is normally very hour-hungry in having its partnered streamers collect upwards of 160 hours of streamed content per month, it clearly wasn't happy with Russiangas1's continuous stream and blocked it entirely from the platform within days of it starting up and going viral.
This, naturally, riled up many among the community that was already mad for a litany of other recent reasons, and even caused a copycat account to appear, this time showing a 24/7 running faucet in a bathtub, which also fell victim to the banhammer.
Most noticed by people was the length of time on the bans, with them each being lifetime bans versus the seven-day ban given recently to a streamer who was caught having intercourse live on stream, which many claimed should have faced harsher punishment.
It appears that Twitch blocked a Russian channel that was trolling by streaming video of a gas stove (ie cheap energy) running 24/7. 🤭 pic.twitter.com/Ty05ghewkQ
— Nina 🐙 Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) September 21, 2022
❌Twitch Running a Mockery: Another #Russian Channel in Hot WaterAfter banning a streamer for burning gas in Russia and comparing the prices to #Europe , another channel has since emerged and fallen.It has been reportedly removed for "violent content." pic.twitter.com/RQE9PtJYW6
— RT_India (@RT_India_news) September 22, 2022
Twitch bans a dude for being Russian and burning gas while some ugly lady can have sex on stream and only get a week off
— Official Cletus Gaming【English Vtuber】 (@cletus_gaming) September 22, 2022
Twitch: stream sex? 3 day banAlso twitch: some russian makes a gas joke? banned for life
— Defi-Raf.bnb 🫡 ChainLegion (@defi_raf) September 22, 2022
Throughout this week, Twitch has been at the center of several high-profile controversies as well-known streamers have been accused of scamming viewers for gambling money and covering up sexual assault.
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TheLastSidewalk
Pretty rough ban. Twitch is making some crazy decisions. I guess at the end of the day, they need to enforce a political viewpoint? It's the only way the ban makes any sense..
Dogman15
European countries should not have relied so heavily on Russian energy. But no, they just had to shut down those nuclear and coal plants, didn't they. At least start the nuclear plants back up again.
Soxar
i don't get what kind of reaction that channel is supposed to cause, gas prices being very low don't make your current economy/country not shit. It's like "flexing" that your house is burning down during the cold weather cause at least you're not cold (as long as the fire is still there)
Demian Bradenburg
Good thing they have partial mobilisation now, he won't be left without a job (not like he'll live long enough to get paid lol).
GringoOutlaw
Well I'm conflicted here. on one hand I think Russia is a piece of shit for their actions in Ukraine and the Caucus region and the consequences of said actions on the other hand I find the thought of someone leaving a stove on 24/7 to flex on people amusing.
hipnox
I know dunking on Twitch is the new hot thing right now, but are people seriously up in arms about Twitch banning a channel that was specifically created to insult people who live countries that where negatively affected by the war and are suffering from resource shortages?
Is that really the hill you wanna die on?
If I where in charge of Twitch I would have done the same things.
(Also I would have perma-banned that chick that was getting fucked on stream but that's another topic)
WarLordM
If I were twitch I'd just make a nsfw section. Onlyfans is just stealing money from them at this point. But yes, fuck Russia, opposing this ban makes your look like a fucking tankie
*sigh*
It's the principle of the matter. You can argue the politics of it all you want but at the end of the day nothing gas stove guy did broke any rules and yet he got a lifetime ban, meanwhile we have another streamer that just straight up had sex with someone on camera and was only banned for a week.