I submitted this thinking "I wonder what the posters on HN have to say?", as there are always good insights here and I don't really know what I make of it mysel

I submitted this thinking "I wonder what the posters on HN have to say?", as there are always good insights here and I don't really know what I make of it myself, other than (possibly in poor taste) finding it hilarious, a la Krusty's portrayal of FDR from that Simpson's episode http://youtu.be/5kJ3v_fKygE http://youtu.be/5kJ3v_fKygE. I'm a huge fan of Twitch but hadn't come across this guy at all. It irritates me that the original Eurogamer article[1] wrote "As with any Twitch account, Hamilton used the service to earn money via donations" since only about half the channels I watch even have donations set up, and even fewer do the "here's an ad, remember to donate, thanks to these people who donated, etc." spiel. I see donations as a legitimate form of money-making though, and view them as essentially a way for people to say "I like this and want it to keep going". I suppose that may be more appropriately expressed with the (paid) subscription system (which Twitch also offers). To use the platform for personal charity fundraising where the "charity" money goes directly to the streamer seems like a minefield to me, and something that I would imagine puts Twitch in a complex situation it may rather not be in, versus the simple "pay me if you like my stream" or "donate to this registered charity" model. And I suppose that's where I am with this case, that I broadly would think the donations were from people who enjoyed the channel and wanted it to keep going - I mean, what, they were only watching and enjoying it because he was in a wheelchair? Without having seen the stream and especially not participated in the chat (which is always a great eye-opener as to the nature of a channel) I just don't know. Either way, I'm interested if it leads to a policy change at Twitch - this one seems a grey area they should want to get out of as quickly a possible. [1] http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-15-wheelchair-bound-gamer-banned-from-twitch-tv-after-accusations-he-faked-disability http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-15-wheelchair-boun... - I submitted this link first but it appeared to be insta-deaded, which I now learn is a sign that Eurogamer could be on the HN banned submissions list (thanks for explaining that, Jacques Mattheij's "Unofficial" HN FAQ!).