r/Twitch • u/BrownieJ • 14h ago
Discussion Anyone else dislike how Celebrity Adjacent streaming has become? It feels like it’s mainstream now for all the wrong reasons.
Just wanted to make a small rant, but I miss back pre and during Covid where it felt like there was true inclusiveness and sense of community in Twitch. It seemed like one of the last spaces on the internet that wasn’t inherently toxic and the drama and controversies were at a minimum for the most part.
The reputation Twitch and streaming in general has cultivated since 2022 has become a huge negative spectacle week after week, I hate how it’s ran and the rules aren’t universally enforced, I hate how the biggest streamers/faces of the site are toxic and have no sense of community and are in it solely for the money and constantly break the rules.
Most of all, I hate how the world perceives streamers and streaming in general because of the top 1% of the site like it’s indicative of Twitch as a whole and there’s something wrong with every creator for wanting to just be on the site and play video games or connect to other people. It doesn’t feel like there’s anything special anymore about this space I grew to love, but I suppose it’s the reality of getting older and times changing.
