Pokimane and JiDeon have been in the news cycle recently, but why? Let's go through the sequence of events that have led us to where we are now and see why this drama has been so important.
Over the course of just a few days, an entire drama has started and nearly concluded revolving around the streamers Pokimane and JiDion. This all started with Poki's first stream back from a DMCA-related ban, where JiDion, on his own stream, shared his general distaste for the streamer. He then prompted his chat to spam Poki's chat with "L+Ratio", essentially meaning that she's a loser.
However, the spam quickly turned more hateful as JiDion's audience started harassing members of Poki's chat, prompting her to end her stream as she didn't want the bullying to continue any longer. This initial spam spiraled out of control into a much bigger issue, and Twitch took notice.
Once members of the Twitch staff noticed the issue, they banned JiDion for 14 days at first, then prolonging it to a permanent ban from the website. This sent his fans into a frenzy, blaming Poki for having a hand in the extended ban.
Pokimane then went on stream to try and clarify that she had no hand in the ban, saying that she is being targeted for no other reason besides being a woman. Content creators took to Twitter to show their support for Poki, backing up her claims of misogynism.
YouTuber Ludwig had a discussion with JiDion where he clarified why people are calling him a misogynist on the internet, which enlightened JiDion to the way he's being perceived. With this newly acquired perspective on the situation, JiDion took to his second YouTube channel to make an apology video directed at Pokimane.
Here's the link to JiDion's "Dear Pokie" video:
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