What did former Twitch employee djWHEAT have to say on Pokimane’s recent DMCA ban?
Marcus “djWHEAT” had a few strong words against Twitch streaming personality Imane “Pokimane”. During a recent stream, the ex-Twitch employee talked about how Pokimane’s DMCA strike back in 2021 was one of the most shortsighted things he has seen on the Purple Platform.
He gave reason to his thoughts as he reacted to the latest MatPat’s video on YouTube which talked about reaction streamers and the meta surrounding it on Twitch.
djWHEAT had been livestreaming for around two and a half hours where he was watching videos that he was asked to react to by his audience. He came across MatPat’s video where he talked about Twitch handling different content metas and how Twitch handles the banning of streamers on the platform.
According to MatPat, Twitch streamers' react meta is the way to go for various streamers. The reasoning behind this rationale, according to him, was:
As djWHEAT was four minutes into the said video, the topic of Pokimane came up, where she was banned for a few days as she was DMCA struck for watching the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
The former Twitch executive said:
WHEAT clarified by saying that Pokimane isn't the only streamer who made such a decision. There are others too:
He concluded his remarks by stating:
The former Twitch executive continued to react to the entire video for the next forty-odd minutes and gave more thoughts regarding the subject. He subsequently called quits for the day after streaming for four and a half hours.
Fans were pretty divided as to what WHEAT had to say regarding Poki’s recent ban. Most argued that it wouldn't matter to Pokimane as she got a two-day vacation.
djWHEAT is a 45-year-old American shout caster and former executive who worked at Twitch. He was the
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