there goes the ear licking ASMR 😔
The new labels will “help protect younger viewers and advertisers”
Translation: The new labels will help us get more ad money. It’s got nothing to do with protecting young viewers.
If licking a microphone is sexual, is eating a banana on stream now obscene?
Depends on how slowly you do it??
And how deep your bites are.
You joke but you can do different things in different ways. Eating a banana in a mustang or as a quick snack like a normal human would isn’t sexual but sulking on it and giving it a bj is. As someone who actually enjoys ASMR I avoid the sexual stuff as ASMR to me is far from sexual and locking anything would be definitely off the table. There’s no “non sexual” way to lick anything but food meant to be licked lol. Oh I cringe.
Sexual content isn’t banned so you can still watch it. Unfortunately, the mislabeling means:
- Non-sexual streamers forced to label their content as sexual get harassed by viewers that are looking for sexual content.
- Affected streamers will likely get less ad money.
- Viewers that want to avoid sexual content cannot do so without also avoiding other content.
Swearing is also labeled as adult content so practically every streamer I watch is now labeled as adult content.
I mean, just lick something else right next to the mic…
Chew gum. Sounds similar.
The amp?
The power outlet
Electrophilia is a thing.
Can’t they go to pornhub live and fuck off?
Ear licking ASMR is intended to be sexual so this doesn’t surprise me.
The actual problem, binary labeling. If the category system is just “sexy” vs “non-sexy” you’re going to piss off a ton of in-between. However, you want to do it, IDK. It can be sexy+1 to sexy+10 or mildly suggestive to NSFW. But Twitch needs to acknowledge there’s a spectrum and ignoring that there is one is just going to piss people off.
Next up: Chewing on microphones.
I’m sure new categories will spring up to skirt the rules. Like rubbing the mic on their butt ASMR or similar.
