On May 21, popular streaming platform Twitch announced, and immediately introduced, a new genre section for the categorizing of streams titled: "Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches." The change may have been ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Twitch, Amazon's livestreaming platform, is primarily a service focused on letting ...

Twitch has seen a wave of streaming from hot tubs and pools over the course of 2021. Dubbed "hot tub meta" streams, this wave of women in bikinis has caused an uproar. Critics claim that this content ...

IT appears that Twitch is finally cracking down on a raunchy new “hot tub” craze that has swept the platform in recent weeks. On Tuesday, streaming mega-star Amouranth, real name Kaitlyn Siragusa, ...

The hot-tub meta has boomed on Twitch in recent months but has come under intense scrutiny from most of the community. People claim that most hot-tub streams are “sexually suggestive.” Hence, they ...

Preston's gaming journey started out on the GameBoy Advance with games such as Kirby, Final Fantasy, and Pokemon. He is now a UCLA graduate that has a degree in Communications and Minor in Theater.

Since hot tub streams took off in March, there’s been a controversy on Twitch over people who stream in bikinis while in hot tubs. In response to the complaints — from both viewers and advertisers — ...

Hot tub streams are filling the Just Chatting broadcast section of Twitch due to the popularity they achieve, but the most-watched streamer on the platform isn't impressed. Popular streamer Felix "xQc ...

A number of female Twitch streamers have been hosting "hot-tub" streams, leading to calls from the community to have them banned. Since March 2021, Twitch has seen a meteoric rise in the number of hot ...

Amouranth began streaming on Twitch in 2016. Since then, she has risen to become one of the platform's most successful and beloved creators. Here's a timeline of Amouranth's journey to the top, from ...

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