Twitch Bans Simp: The Streaming platform would no longer allow its users to call each other “simp” anymore.
Twitch announced on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, that the word “simp” will no longer be allowed to use on the platform by streamers and commenters as it is regarded as harassment and hateful conduct according to its new policy.
Twitch Bans Simp
The revised rule, which was first spotted by esports consultant Rod Breslau on Twitter, will officially take into effect on January 22, 2020, which will also include stricter laws for sexual assaults.
“Making derogatory statements about the perceived sexual practices or sexual morality of another person” and constantly targeting another person with inappropriately oriented words such as “whore” or “virgin” are among other new forbidden behaviors.
Simp Meaning Explained
The term Simp has been trending among Twitch, Tiktok, and Instagram users lately.
The term “simp” is regarded as a slang word that simply means a boy or a man who tries way too much for a romantic return from a girl.
It is basically used to insult a guy who is seen as too attentive and would do anything for a girl to get some attention he wants.
Hence, Twitch has banned this term as an insult under its new guidelines.
Twitch is also banning the term “virgin” and “incel”
Moreover, the words “virgin” and “incel” will also be no longer be allowed to use on Twitch.
However, if they are not used in an insulting manner, and used in a friendly way, those three words are, probably still be okay to use.
Twitch COO Sara Clemens stated during the live-streamed town hall on Wednesday afternoon that words such as “simp”, “incel” and “virgin” are strictly not permitted because they are often used as criticisms to harshly refer to another person’s sexual behavior.
She also noted that Twitch emotes, a Twitch-specific set of emoticons would be monitored for the prohibited terms by the system and would be deleted after getting reported.