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Aside from the "I know it when I see it"[0] angle, here are my thoughts. Long, long ago, I dabbled in content hosting, and still sometimes daydream about doing

by gary_0 5y ago

Aside from the "I know it when I see it"[0] angle, here are my thoughts. Long, long ago, I dabbled in content hosting, and still sometimes daydream about doing business along those lines. When it comes to the thought of my hypothetical service hosting purely sexual content it's not due to any puritanism that I'd prefer that my platform have rules against it. Sexual content (ie. porn) brings with it regulatory burdens, potential public scrutiny, a large revenue stream that might end up incentivizing product development detrimental to the service's original purpose, and from a marketing perspective it might cause the public to associate your service with certain kinds of content (see: Tumblr) which limits your growth options. It seems to me that Twitch so far isn't seeing the drawbacks I just listed when it comes to hot tub streams, hence their response. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

throway98752343 5y ago
The test of "the people who like that kind of thing also like this" could also apply here to decide whether a stream is sexual or not. Recommendation engines cut both ways.
rgoulter 5y ago
Yeah. The post makes much more sense to me in terms of arguing that it doesn't go against regulations / rules of their payment processors, etc. It seems they've had trouble in the past trying to draw lines around sexual activity. It's a safe bet that if hot tub streams got banned, all the involved streamers would still keep toeing the line as far as they can. Drawing a broad line & cordoning it off seems reasonable. Though I wonder if there remains an incentive for pushing boundaries in 'just chatting'.
- chevill 5y ago
  >Though I wonder if there remains an incentive for pushing boundaries in 'just chatting'. I don't know about pushing boundaries but there will still certainly be lots of intentionally sexualized content in the just chatting category, it will just be milder than the new category on average.

by gary_0 5y ago

throway98752343 5y ago

The test of "the people who like that kind of thing also like this" could also apply here to decide whether a stream is sexual or not. Recommendation engines cut both ways.

rgoulter 5y ago

Yeah. The post makes much more sense to me in terms of arguing that it doesn't go against regulations / rules of their payment processors, etc. It seems they've had trouble in the past trying to draw lines around sexual activity. It's a safe bet that if hot tub streams got banned, all the involved streamers would still keep toeing the line as far as they can. Drawing a broad line & cordoning it off seems reasonable. Though I wonder if there remains an incentive for pushing boundaries in 'just chatting'.

chevill 5y ago
>Though I wonder if there remains an incentive for pushing boundaries in 'just chatting'. I don't know about pushing boundaries but there will still certainly be lots of intentionally sexualized content in the just chatting category, it will just be milder than the new category on average.