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The reason I spoke against TwitchBlackOut is not to tear the intent down or simply be mean. I felt it damaged the momentum of being vocal rather than silent, which is how this all started, and it was genuinely upsetting to me, as well as people condemning streamers for streaming. https://twitter.com/seriouslyclara/status/1275707408065716225
For me, this initiative was insulting (survivor card again). The last thing I would have wanted in my situation was for everyone to damage themselves (income from streaming) AND not speak up on their primary platform with their primary audience. But hey, that's just one survivor.
I see a lot of "it'll hit Twitch's bottom line." It won't - at least with this level of fast and loose organization. Twitch is global and bigger than y'all think. I work in this industry. It will be a tiny blip. It's a PR stunt and survivors like me gain nothing tangible.
If you're a survivor and you think it helps, all for that. Yours is really the only voice I care about in this matter. It truly bothered me that non-survivors everywhere were dictating what we wanted and condemning people for doing what many of us WOULD have wanted.
As I said from the start, the intent is good. The execution and focus are not and, in my opinion, damaging.
If you stream, I hope you don't get shit for it. I, for one, will be supporting you.
I you don't (specifically for TwitchBlackOut), please still use your voice elsewhere.
If you stream, I hope you don't get shit for it. I, for one, will be supporting you.
I you don't (specifically for TwitchBlackOut), please still use your voice elsewhere.
BLM's BlackOutTuesday, which a lot of people are comparing this to, was not to silence, but to give the platform to Black voices, amplify them, AND continue to further the BLM conversation rather than our regular content. It didn't ask people to take losses to their income.
