Black and LGBTQ streamers on Twitch boycotted the platform after repeated 'hate raids'
CNN
Fed up with torrents of racist and transphobic hate from viewers, a trio of users on the streaming platform Twitch decided to take a day off the site. Their absence, they hoped, would compel Twitch to do more to support streamers of color and those from marginalized groups.
Twitch users RekItRaven, LuciaEverblack and ShineyPen started the campaign #ADayOffTwitch, imploring users to go dark on Wednesday and asking viewers to support streamers in other ways, such as tipping through PayPal or Patreon. The three users have modest followings -- at over 4,400 followers, RekItRaven has the most -- but their hashtag inspired countless other streamers, including those with more than 1 million fans, to take the day off, too. One preliminary report from Twitch journalist Zach Bussey showed at one point Wednesday that 5,000 fewer users were streaming and 500,000 fewer viewers were watching than at the same time just one week earlier.
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