Twitch has banned the streamer Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa. She is the largest streamer on the platform. The 27-year-old is suspected of having established the new “Twitch-meta”: she licked a microphone while wearing tight yoga pants and moaned. She claims this is “ASMR”. The ban has led to heated discussions.
This is the situation:
- Amouranth is the largest streamer on Twitch. She is ranked 30th in viewer hours in the last 30 days. Ahead of her are channels from gaming studios, events, and male streamers’ channels.
- Amouranth is controversial, since she hosted “Hot Tub” streams on Twitch. In these she sat in a bikini in a pool and chatted with viewers. She was accused of doing this only to lure Twitch viewers to her paid “OnlyFans” account, where nude photos can be purchased.
- Now she has been banned by Twitch after hosting “Earlicking ASMR” streams. The discussion is huge.
Update June 22: After just 3 days, Amouranth was unbanned and has already streamed again that night. Additionally, the well-known streamer Pokimane has commented on the case and warned Twitch that this topic is an inevitable ticking time bomb.
New “Earlicking Meta” established on Twitch
What was she banned for? Officially, it is not known: Twitch itself does not comment on the reasons for the bans, and the streamer has also not commented on it officially. The duration of the ban is also unknown.
At the same time as Amouranth, streamer Jenelle “Indiefoxx” Dagres was also banned. Indiefoxx operated a new type of stream like Amouranth, which is called “the new ASMR-Earlicking-Meta on Twitch”.
What is this new trend? Just a week ago, the site “Earlygame” reported that Twitch has a new trend following the “Hot Tub” streams.
The new “Earlicking ASMR” meta is:
- to wear tight yoga pants
- to position the camera so that the streamer’s butt is in focus
- to hold a microphone close to the mouth and lick it regularly
- to continue writing the names of donors on their own body (50$ for somewhere on the body, 500$ buys a spot on the forehead)
- to make sure to moan or whisper to maintain the ASMR focus
Streamer is hardly affected by the ban, refers to OnlyFans account
This is how Amouranth reacts to the ban: The streamer referred to her OnlyFans account at the time of the ban. She says: In the first hours after the ban, she already gained 587 new subscribers.
Since she is no longer on Twitch, Amouranth increasingly posts pictures of herself in underwear on Twitter and talks about how much money she has made with stocks and bitcoins. She claims to actually not need to work anymore. She is apparently even more successful as an investor than as a streamer.
She also accuses her critics of being hypocritical. In the past, gamers would say: “Violent video games do not lead to more violence.” Now the same people say: “Women behaving sexy on Twitch lead to all women on Twitch being harassed by strange guys.” They are making a mountain out of a molehill.
It is also nonsense that “Hot Tub” streams are no longer successful. For her, they are doing great and the advertising brings her money again. In the meantime, Twitch had cut off her advertising revenue.
This is how Indiefoxx reacts: The streamer asks Amouranth if they can go on a wellness trip together. After all, both have the weekend off. She also posts pictures of herself in revealing lingerie.
Neither Indiefoxx nor Amouranth seem to take the Twitch bans very seriously. Apparently, these are only temporary bans, perhaps over 3 days.
Critics call the behavior shameless and harmful to Twitch
This is how MontanaBlack reacts: The German streamer MontanaBlack has already appeared as a critic of Amouranth. He writes: Twitch would send a signal with the ban like a deaf person.
However, he is staying out of it: He has spoken out too often; nothing has changed, and he has only given more attention to people.
This is what xQc says: The largest streamer on Twitch, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, criticizes Amouranth’s behavior. He calls it “disastrous”: she shamelessly breaks the rules with a smile on her face.
xQc believes: The behavior causes a lot of damage and destroys trust with Twitch’s (advertising) partners.
He and several other large streamers believe that in the long run, Amouranth and Indiefoxx’s behavior could cut off advertising revenue on Twitch.
Amouranth views the criticism of her in a nuanced manner and continually addresses accusations:
Streamer responds to “Being pretty is enough as a girl on Twitch”
Neither Indiefoxx nor Amouranth seem to take the Twitch bans very seriously. Apparently, these are only temporary bans, perhaps over 3 days.
Critics call the behavior shameless and harmful to Twitch
This is how MontanaBlack reacts: The German streamer MontanaBlack has already appeared as a critic of Amouranth. He writes: Twitch would send a signal with the ban like a deaf person.
However, he is staying out of it: He has spoken out too often; nothing has changed, and he has only given more attention to people.
This is what xQc says: The largest streamer on Twitch, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, criticizes Amouranth’s behavior. He calls it “disastrous”: she shamelessly breaks the rules with a smile on her face.
xQc believes: The behavior causes a lot of damage and destroys trust with Twitch’s (advertising) partners.
He and several other large streamers believe that in the long run, Amouranth and Indiefoxx’s behavior could cut off advertising revenue on Twitch.
Amouranth views the criticism of her in a nuanced manner and continually addresses accusations:
Streamer responds to “Being pretty is enough as a girl on Twitch”
