Twitch Changes /me Command And Infuriates Community

On April 28, Twitch tweeted the announcement that the /me conversation control would be irresolute in order to reduce the potential for corruption on their platform. The community were not impressed with the decision to focus on what many deemed a "useless change".

DualShockers has everything you lot need to know nearly the /me command on Twitch, including what'southward new about it, and why the customs isn't happy with the change.

Y'all can bank check out the official declaration regarding the change below, straight from the official Twitch Support account.

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https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1387496969816481794

What IS The /me Control?

The /me command on Twitch doesn't actually serve much of a purpose. When used in a streamers chat, it would highlight the bulletin with the same colour associated with the commenters name.

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Its purpose was to make letters stand out abit more than for chatters to get noticed by streamers.

However, Twitch decided that the command needed to exist changed after some viewers were taking advantage of the command and abusing it.

Every bit y'all can run into from the response beneath, the main issue with the command was that people were attempting to lie about altruistic money to streamers. Yet, it appears that the change has made no difference.

yep thanks this is significantly more obvious when people are trying to fob you into thinking they donated, cheers so much for this change which also prevents our colorful raids or our pride-themed hype commands. we didn't need fun anyway. pic.twitter.com/3ZA4IdUsaC
— Kyn (@Kynaeus) Apr 28, 2022

Tweet courtesy of @Kynaeus

What's The Deviation?

Following the recent modify to the /me command past Twitch, the control now only italicizes the message instead of coloring the message in.

Ultimately, a very minor change that didn't need an announcement from Twitch. This change ultimately sent the customs into frustration, and rightly so.

Twitter Reacts

The changing of the /me control on Twitch wasn't the problem, many were frustrated that Twitch were making such a big deal out of such a small problem. The pop streaming platform has various problems that the customs feel should have been resolved before the simple change of a /me command.

Every bit you lot can tell past the replies beneath, many were not happy about the change for various reasons. Some replies were also quick to mention the ongoing controversy surrounding 'hot tub streams' on the platform. Users weren't happy with Twitch prioritizing a simple command over what some deem as 'sexual content' on a family-friendly site.

Tweet courtesy of @SirKatelyn

Why was this an issue? I don't understand? Make this a tab option for individual streamers to turn colors on or off if its really an consequence for some. Don't take this away. I experience like out of ALL outcome here on twitch, this just wasn't it…..
— TAYYTERS (@mmmtayyters) Apr 28, 2022