Twitch is hosting a giant party for a live set to celebrate the one-year anniversary of DJs being actually recognized on the platform. From August 4 to 8, all gamers and music buffs will tune into the DJ category to relish some good sets and maybe catch a few surprises. The official announcement was blasted out on Twitter immediately by Twitch, revealing an arcane mix of reactions from the community, many of half sounds of appreciation.
Before delving into the whiny stuff, let’s do a round of good vibes. Twitch has been the favorite for DJs long before there was really a category for them; once it was given a legit space, a huge paradigm shift truly came into effect. Also, the platform looks to double down its commitment to music creators through this anniversary event. So expect heat sets, exclusive drops, and maybe even big-name guests at the event-who knows?! But, for now, Twitch is playing it super close to its chest.
Meanwhile, the grapevine of hate came into full play. The replies to Twitch‘s announcement were a crazy mix of hype and hate. Some users like @EZehMedia carried the hype with, “Super hype to be celebrating one year as a DJ myself, and one year with the Twitch DJ program!!” The others… not so much.
Critics cited Twitch about allegedly selective enforcement of its own regulations. “@GeneralCross2: Can we this time next year celebrate 1 year of you enforcing your TOS???????????” That stings. Others like @queensblade1100 unjustly allege favoritism against Twitch by stating: “How about instead of this propaganda bs you instead face the facts and admit you are biased towards your streamers”?
The DJ badge war then commenced. @xDESSTEWARTx ranted: “The amount of people who have the DJ badge and don’t even DJ shows it’s a poor application system!” And honestly? They aren’t being far off. Apparently, they’ve found that some streamers are abusing the system by just slapping on the DJ badge without ever actually going through the steps of a proper DJ performance-playing music over a static image and calling it a day.
Well, not forgetting for once, some pure random chaos that tends to show up in the Twitter replies. Somehow, @njnjnj31324 slipped Hasan into the conversation with, “Hope hasan will stream terrorist music videos there 🎶” …Wait, what? And @RichardJFields1 made a hard left with, “When do we get to celebrate the entire banning departments termination?” So, now it’s an alert.
Given this heavy baggage, the Twitch DJ category has literally gone out there to carve a space for music creators in a Game of Thrones-level gaming-dominated platform. So whether you’re here for the music or to watch the said Twitter replies burn, this anniversary event will be worth your time.
Mark your calendars, set your reminders, and prepare to vibe-or vent, as the festivities go into full gear. I say really, in any given way, it’s a show.
