Twerking, pole dancing, and body painting is now allowed on Twitch, as Morgpie’s topless meta changes the rules for sexually content.
As soon as the idea of a topless meta started on Twitch it seemed likely that it would only end one way: with a number of bans and the idea never being brought up again.
That appeared to be the way it was going, with ringleader Morgpie, and other such as StrawberryTabby and AsianBunnyx, quickly being banned – even after Morgpie revealed she wasn’t actually topless after all, and she was just being deceptive with the camera angle.
Surprisingly, rather than just trying to forget the whole thing, Twitch has instead said that it’s changing its rules for those that use the Sexual Themes label for their streams, allowing them to be a lot more raunchy.
‘Erotic dances’ are now allowed, including stripteases, twerking, grinding, and pole dancing – although only if they’re performed at home and not at a professional strip club and the like.
The reference to ‘artistic’ nudity is strangely specific though and relates to both animation and body art. However, you’re still not allowed to show fictionalised sexual acts or masturbation, so no hentai.
It seems to mean that streamers are now free to paint whatever they like on their chest or buttocks and they won’t get in trouble. Although someone will no doubt push their luck and find out where exactly the limits are.
Strangely, game nudity and ‘mature’ games are still only allowed in part, with no Adult Only rated games and continued bans for even mainstream Steam games like Genital Jousting. Here’s a full list of what is and isn’t allowed here.
Considering Morgpie wasn’t even topless in the first place it seems strange that Twitch would make such a radical change of policy just for her, but it’s likely they didn’t and they’ve been planning this for a while – and her antics were just the excuse needed to make the change.
It will presumably mean Morgpie becomes unbanned though and will likely tempt Amouranth back for more Twitch streams, as she’s started using rival service Kick more.
More and more streamers, both male and female, are likely to start testing the limits of the rules almost immediately, which is still likely to end in bans as the guidelines are, in typical Twitch fashion, quite vague and open to interpretation.
What’s already clear though, is that the big drawback for streams with sexual content is that they’ll no longer be promoted on the Twitch home page, and neither will anyone that focuses on drugs, drinking, ‘excessive tobacco use’, gambling, and ‘violent and graphic depictions’.
So if you’ve got a Mortal Kombat stream planned, where you smoke a cigar, bet on the outcome, and pretend you’re topless then you’re not going to get much advertising on the home page.
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