Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has confirmed that “twerking” emotes will be allowed back on the platform as part of a new guideline change.
Amazon-owned Twitch has been trying to change some of its more controversial policies of late by bringing backpreviously permabanned streamersand making some adjustments to its community guidelines.
The most recent example of this comes in the form of ‘twerking’ emotes, which had previously been banned from the site – much to the dismay of content creators.
Twerking, a popular and subjective dance move, had been viewed by Twitch as too sexual in the past, resulting in streamers such asAlinity getting bannedfor shaking her behind on a broadcast.
Now, three years later, Dan Clancy is shaking things up and chatters can once again shake to their hearts’ content… in emote form, at least.
During aTwitchpatch notes broadcast, Clancy explained that previously, the rules used to evaluate emotes were treated differently from other policies in the site’s community guidelines and admitted that this caused some confusion for streamers.
“We’re adjusting our approach and bringing our emote guidelines more in line with the rest of our community guidelines. So, in particular, emotes that feature shaking butts, commonly referred to as ‘twerking,’ are now permitted under our guidelines,” he revealed.
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Clancy further added that he had been working closely with the Twitch team on this policy change. Emotes that feature nudity, drugs, politics, and sexual content, however, remainprohibited.
However, the site soon learned this went too far and reverted most of these changes when streamers began to take advantage of them.
This recent adjustment to emotes comes just one month after Dan Clancy revealed his goals toimprove the site’s ban systemand give creators proper feedback on what is and isn’t allowed on Twitch.
Michael Gwilliam is Dexerto’s Deputy Entertainment Editor in the US. He expertly covers trending stories across Twitch, Kick, YouTube, TikTok, as well as Overwatch, GTA, and Smash Bros. You can contact him at: michael.gwilliam@dexerto.com
