Twitch has banned the streamer QTCinderella (29). This has caused a lot of excitement in the community, as the 29-year-old is currently embroiled in a controversy: To earn advertising money for an awards show, she asks viewers to watch a stream without looking. This sparked a heated discussion. However, she says her ban has nothing to do with this.
How QTCinderella is tricking Twitch:
- The streamer QTCinderella hosts an annual major awards show, the “Streamer Awards.” This year, the show takes place on February 17th. Since streamers love awards, it is a major event that is widely discussed every year.
- To finance this show, the streamer has set up her own Twitch channel called “QTEvents” and asked viewers to turn on the Twitch channel, mute it, and let it run so she can gather ad revenue.
- This sparked a discussion about whether the “good cause,” the Streamer Awards, justifies such methods.
Among streamers, there is fierce competition over who wins such awards and who is currently trending.
Heated discussion on Twitter about whether this is fraud or not
This was the discussion: Like all heated discussions, this one also took place on Twitter. A user named jstlk commented on QTCinderella’s action:
“How on earth can this idiot openly try to trick Twitch with such a channel description? She is already rich, what advantage does this bring?”
Many large streamers and some Twitter users subsequently insulted jstlk:
- This doesn’t harm anyone, at most Jeff Bezos.
- She is financing a major and good event with this.
- The criticism is misogynistic; if QTCinderella were a man, no one would say anything.
- Who is he anyway, maybe the advertising police.
- He is defending a multimillion-dollar corporation, that’s just silly.
- This can’t be fraud at all; QTCinderella is totally transparent about it.
- To make it nice and personal, he was also simply called an “incel,” because he watches the streamer “Destiny”.
Twitch streamer Asmongold, as a prominent voice, said: There is some truth to the criticism.
It is clear that there is cheating going on here, and ultimately, if this becomes a trend, all creators will earn less ad money because advertisers pay for their ads to be seen, not for ads to run on a muted channel that no one sees.
Asmongold wondered why so much venom was being spilled in the comments.
And what about the ban? Streamer QTCinderella has indeed been banned by Twitch, which reignited the discussion. Because, of course, it was assumed that the ban was directly related to her action and that Twitch was now taking a stand:
- QTCinderella’s opponents saw this as confirmation of their position.
- QTCinderella’s supporters were quick to protest: You can’t ban her; then the Streamer Awards would also be in jeopardy, as banned streamers are not allowed to appear on Twitch.
Ultimately, however, it turned out that the ban had nothing to do with the action. As QTCinderella states: “Before you come with ‘I told you so’ – it was a penis.”
Her boyfriend Ludwig explains: She was banned because of an Omegle clip, which is prohibited on Twitch.
Ultimately, the ban only lasted a short time, and QTCinderella is now free again.
What’s behind it: How Twitch and advertisers view the establishment of a channel, with the clear idea of collecting ad revenue without viewers, remains open. Apparently, this is one of the many loopholes in Twitch’s rules that can be exploited – similar to how Fextralife became the largest channel in Baldur’s Gate 3 or Elden Ring.
These 24/7 offline channels, operated by major Twitch streamers like Gronkh or MontanaBlack, which run recordings, are controversial, as they go against the fundamental idea of Twitch, which is for streamers to interact with viewers.
But apparently, they work and generate “passive income” for the ever-hungry cash registers.
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