The Ninja and Pokimane Controversy Explained
The prolific Twitch streamer Pokimane has found herself in the news regularly as of late, and a lot of it comes back to a recent controversy between her and another streamer by the name of JiDion, who encouraged his viewers to hate raid Pokimane's chat. This not only resulted in a Pokimane ending her stream early so that her audience wouldn't be similarly harassed by the raiders, but JiDion was slapped with a 14-day ban which was shortly after amended into a permanent ban, as the action is strictly against Twitch's Terms of Service. While many have voiced their support for Pokimane following this chain of events, Ninja's stance is a bit more complicated.
Somehow, this ban resulted in Ninja's team threatening to sue Pokimane for defamation. This is a nebulous turn of events that even Pokimane herself seems confused about, but clips and videos of JiDion, Pokimane, and Ninja's live feeds connect the dots to some degree.
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Though he felt that the initial 14-day ban was deserved for breaking Twitch's guidelines, he's been fighting back against the permanent ban since Twitch made the change. In addition to starting a hashtag on Twitter, he also turned to Twitch streamer Ninja for help in getting the ban reversed. While both streamers were live on their respective platforms, JiDion gifted Ninja 100 subs in a request for ridding the ban of its permanence. Pokimane would later explain the sequence of events in her own words, however, there are videos online that clearly verify what she's saying happened.
Multiple times, Ninja voiced skepticism to JiDion and his audience that there would be little to nothing he could do to reverse the Twitch ban. However, he
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