Ninja Disgusted by Twitch Using His Channel to Promote Others

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As many of you likely know by now, well-known streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins recently made the move from to Twitch to stream exclusively on Mixer. The switch made quite a bit of noise as many began to speculate over the kind of lucrative deal that could possibly be in place, but Twitch has been handling things a bit differently than expected. It is not uncommon for Twitch to remove the check mark from a streamer's channel when they move to another platform to make money, but they also began using Ninja's channel to promote other creators on the site. This has been happening for the past week, but Blevins has officially responded to Twitch's actions regarding his channel.

Ninja took to his Twitter account to express his feelings regarding the matter, and while he was okay with it at first, a recent incident crossed a line. In the early hours of August 11th, a Twitch account was able to stream pornography for an unknown amount of time to thousands of people. As one might imagine, this became one of the most viewed channels at the time, even resulting in it being promoted on Ninja's channel.


"Now, if you go to twitch.tv/Ninja, they advertise other channels," he said in the above video. "They don't do this for anyone else that's offline, by the way. Just me." He goes on to say how he has been streaming for eight years, building his brand and amassing over 14 and a half million followers. "Well now, there was a porn account that was number one being recommended on my channel, and I have no say in any of this stuff," Ninja said.

"We're trying to get the whole channel taken down to begin with, or at least not promote other streamers and other channels on my brand, on my freaking profile," he continued. "So for anyone who saw that, for anyone's whose kids or who just didn't obviously want to see that, I apologize, and I'm sorry."



Twitch has come under fire recently for some questionable practices, mainly inaction against streamers that should seemingly be banned for their actions, so this is sure to get fans of the platform up in arms about how the company gets their house in order.

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MazePosted:

I feel so sorry for him, but at the same time the story as a whole is kinda funny

ZydrinPosted:

I mean you wouldn't be? This downright disrespectful of twitch.

MikePosted:

Seems really childish and unprofessional

C4Posted:

I dont see the problem with this. They never asked him how he felt about it and im glad he called them out on it

RareparrotPosted:

I'm okay with promoting others but if he doesnt want to promote others do what the man says.

PinkRibbonPosted:

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uphroahia I agree with Ninja, they should not be using HIS profile to promote things he's not okay with or has nothing to do with him..


I would file a lawsuit for defamation or something. I'm pretty sure there is something that he could sue for.


I hate NiNJA so much, I am sorry but he does not deserve a career after killing a youngins channel like who does that money goes way over his head.

XaldinPosted:

Twitch is trying so hard to drive people away

Two_FacedPosted:

uphroahia I agree with Ninja, they should not be using HIS profile to promote things he's not okay with or has nothing to do with him..


I would file a lawsuit for defamation or something. I'm pretty sure there is something that he could sue for.

AnimePosted:

If I was him I would be pissed too.

FourStarPosted:

Mario350 it was never his channel he took it over from the original owner because i doubt he made the account himself when names without numbers was around before everyone snatched them up to sell free accounts, twitch gave him the account for free just like microsoft did with the ninja account on mixer, plus all our accounts on twitch is twitch property, but twitch also supports cam wh*res females doing animal abuse and other things females are allowed to do but guys like ddr filming in the bathroom will get banned, so he shouldnt be surprised since none of our accounts are really ours, but promoting p*rn on his channel is f*cking so f*cking stupid and is making me wanna switch to mixer, i also dont like ninja because hes a moron who bullies people bans people for killing him when they arent watching/know who he is ect, id rather watch anyone who isnt a crybaby, but yeah its real sh*tty that they promoted porn on a platform they claim is safe, as for promoting other streams thats a good thing gives his audience new people to watch even if they are already dead channels like mine who has been streaming to 0 people for 7years which i only had 15 viewers once, so what twitch did with p()rn was nasty and rude but promoting little channels is good


The big thing that you're missing is that twitch doesn't do that to anyone elses channel. Other big streamers have switched platforms or quit and they still have control over their channels. Oh and regardless of whether you like him or not it is his brand, they can't use his name to advertise other channels.


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