Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins is seriously p*ssed off with Twitch after the streaming platform used his old channel to promote pornographic streams.
Ninja, who recently announced his move from Twitch to Microsoft’s Mixer, took to Twitter with a short video telling his fans he’s “disgusted and so sorry” about the inappropriate materials.
Now @Twitch is recommended PORN on @Ninja ‘a channel to his young fans! Honestly I would sue at this point! This disrespect has went on long enough! #DramaAlert pic.twitter.com/gN2OGXvVY8
— KEEM ? (@KEEMSTAR) August 11, 2019
Disgusted and so sorry. pic.twitter.com/gnUY5Kp52E
— Ninja (@Ninja) August 11, 2019
“This is the line,” he says. “I’m trying to get the whole channel taken down to begin with, or at least not promote other streamers on my brand, on my frigging profile. So for anyone who saw that…I apologize, and I’m sorry.”
Ninja also claims that his old Twitch channel is the only offline page that Twitch has been using to promote other channels, something which Twitch’s CEO Emmett Shear has denied.
Shear took to Twitter to say that the company has “been experimenting with showing recommended content across Twitch, including on streamer’s pages that are offline.”
2/ This helps all streamers as it creates new community connections. However, the lewd content that appeared on the @ninja offline channel page grossly violates our terms of service, and we’ve permanently suspended the account in question.
— Emmett Shear (@eshear) August 11, 2019
Shear tweeted out an apology to Ninja over the porn shown on his channel, writing: “We have also suspended these recommendations while we investigate how this content came to be promoted,
“4/ On a more personal note, I apologize want to apologize directly to @ninja that this happened. It wasn’t our intent, but it should not have happened. No excuses.”
4/ On a more personal note, I apologize want to apologize directly to @ninja that this happened. It wasn’t our intent, but it should not have happened. No excuses.
— Emmett Shear (@eshear) August 11, 2019
The Verge reached out to Twitch for a statement following his departure to Mixer, and although it seems like the the move was totally amicable, I’m thinking it’s probably not the case now…
“We’ve loved watching Ninja on Twitch over the years and are proud of all that he’s accomplished for himself and his family, and the gaming community,” Twitch said in a statement at the time. “We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours.”
Featured Image Credit: Ninja