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A large group of

streamers

today declared

the first strike on Twitch

, the live video platform owned by Amazon, as a way to protest against the conditions and lack of help on their part.

Those who join the strike

will not be broadcasting on Twitch today in protest

.

Among the big names,

Ibai Llanos

stands out

, the main

Spanish

streamer

and one of the most relevant figures in the world, capable of interviewing Messi and rubbing shoulders with other great footballers such as

Kun Agüero

or

Gerard Piqué

.

The main motivator of this strike is the serious problem of 'bot attacks' that spoil

creators

' reputations and

streams

and against which

Twitch has

not only done nothing, but also punishes those who suffer these attacks.

These

bot

attacks

take advantage of a

Twitch

feature

, '

raids

', a way for one

streamer to

send their audience to another to help promote them. However, this tool has been used to

carry out racist, xenophobic, sexist and LGBTphobic attacks

. Since

Twitch

punishes all of these attitudes, those who receive a raid, something they cannot avoid, see their reputation or even their account being crashed by an agent they cannot control.

Of all the great figures on

Twitch

, only

Ibai

has spoken out in favor of the strike.

Other names like

ElRubius

,

The Grefg

or

AuronPlay

have not been spoken.

However, less important figures have joined the protest en masse.

Twitch

is one of the most important online platforms and services in the world, with millionaire audiences every day.

Its tough control of content has been criticized as much as its free hand for those creators who, despite broadcasting controversial content, are not punished for its popularity.

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