When the famous streaming announced that it was leaving its usual platform to switch to broadcast on Mixer, something told us that sooner or later problems were going to arrive. And that is just what has happened in recent days.
A painful transition
That the most followed streamer in the world abandons you and goes to the competition is a huge stick. Twitch has seen how its most important star, the one that has given it its name and the importance of what the service is now, left its orphaned channel to stop broadcasting live and do it in the competition.
Un millionaire agreement with Microsoft has allowed Tyler Blevins to open his new channel on Mixer, taking with him a large number of followers who did not hesitate to follow the steps, create their accounts and return to consume the new live broadcasts that the star does from now on (the Mixer application came to be in the first position of downloads due to high user demand).
The transition was not easy, but Ninja and his team have made it the best possible way. The old Twitch channel stopped broadcasting live but the old contents would still be present for those who want to continue reviewing them. On Twitch they did not sit idly by, and decided to remove the partner ID that would allow them to continue generating income with reproductions. In other words, while Ninja was not going to continue broadcasting on Twitch anymore, old videos could continue to generate income with the help of advertising, something that Twitch was not willing to tolerate after the rudeness.
The streamer you are looking for is in another castle
But it does not end there. Twitch thought the best way to turn the page was to modify the welcome page, remove the opening clip, and place a list of streamers recommended by the service under the heading “The streamer you are looking for is in another castle”. Making a similarity with the famous phrase from Super Mario, Twitch decided that all those users who were looking for Ninja on their channel could find other similar alternatives now that the star was gone.
Porn on Ninja's Channel
It was a way to take advantage of the 14,7 million followers that Ninja amassed throughout his Twitch career, however, the hack didn't work as it should. The list of channels shown was ordered by popularity, and among the list of channels related to Fortnite, a channel of Russian origin broadcasting pornography slipped in, which, of course, managed to be among the top positions.
As a result, any user who entered Ninja's channel on Twitch would first receive a preview of a pornographic video, something that directly affected the image and reputation of Ninja, whose logo and name continued to lead the web. The Mixer star's response was immediate, and Tyler has posted a video on Twitter where he apologizes and explains that what happened was out of his reach, showing himself tremendously upset because many minors (the average age of his followers is around below 18 years old) could have landed on that type of content because of this fatal mistake. Awful.
Disgusted and so sorry. pic.twitter.com/gnUY5Kp52E
- Ninja (@Ninja) August 11
We do not know if Twitch will face legal action from Ninja, although for the moment the CEO of the company has not been slow to respond to the streamer publicly apologizing for such an error, and ensures that the function of recommending channels is in the testing phase and It will even work on channels that are offline (it seems they want to justify doing it with Ninja). Ninja's channel is back to normal and currently continues to show the usual offline signal, although Ninja has reported that they will work to get all the stored clips and delete all content forever. Now yes, the relationship between Ninja and Twitch is more dead and finished than ever.
1/ Our community comes to Twitch looking for live content. To help ensure they find great, live channels we've been experimenting with showing recommended content across Twitch, including on streamer's pages that are offline.
— Emmett Shear (@eshear) August 11
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. Don't excuse.
— Emmett Shear (@eshear) August 11