Who is SHiFT? Twitch streamer under fire as viewers accuse him of "gaslighting and berating" for not subscribing
SHiFT is a well-known Twitch streamer and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom speed runner. At the time of writing, he hosted a "1,400+ hour-long" subathon, making him the 18th-most subscribed content creator on Twitch.
SHiFT went viral on the r/LivestreamFail subreddit on October 5 after viewers accused him of "gaslighting and berating" the audience for not subscribing to his Twitch channel.
In the minute-long clip, the speed runner asked his viewers to subscribe to his channel. After some viewers commented that he was "begging," the streamer responded by implying that the viewers didn't understand how "math works."
The Twitch streamer then said that he was pleading with his audience to "save" their money.
During SHiFT's Family Guy No-Hit speed-running broadcast, the internet personality urged his audience to subscribe to his channel so that it could trigger a two-minute multiplier on stream. He said:
The content creator noticed some viewers commenting that he was "begging" for Twitch subscriptions. SHiFT replied:
SHiFT called out the viewer who claimed that he was "begging." The former resorted to calling the latter "stupid" and asked his channel moderators to ban them from the chat room:
The minute-long clip ended with SHiFT saying:
A few hours after his clip gained traction on the subreddit, SHiFT responded to the accusations during his subathon livestream. Another minute-long clip started with him saying:
The Twitch streamer claimed that the aforementioned thoughts had a "gate-keeping" nature:
The clip ended with SHiFT sarcastically saying:
More than 65 community members reacted to the Twitch streamer's clip, with one Redditor claiming that they unfollowed SHiFT's channel because of the "negative and miserable
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