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Every day spent online is another reminder that our world is becoming more complex and that complexity doesn't make social cohesion easy.

Referencing the shocked face emote has become something of a staple both on Twitch and in gaming circles more. It isn't new to remind people that the Western world is deeply divided across political, cultural, and racial lines that are both invisible yet so obviously in plain sight. On January 6, 2021, Twitch announced that they had removed the PogChamp emote, the third most-used emote on the platform in 2018, typically used to express excitement, joy or shock. Earlier this week, Twitch made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote from their platform after the person whose face it was based on made inflammatory comments about the violent riots at the US Capitol. It is exhausting writing about this story because, in many ways, it isn't a story. You may agree with CriticalBard, but what happens if the PogChamp of the day is someone you don't agree with? Is it on Twitch to choose wisely and pick only the least controversial streamers for the PogChamp initiative? Does any of this even matter? What is stopping the "lucky" PogChamp of the day from becoming just another target of politically inspired online harassment? Will all future PogChamps also have their Twitter history searched and posted online in an attempt to call out Twitch for hypocrisy? Today, Twitch let viewers vote on a new permanent Pogchamp emote. In addition, as CriticalBard faces increasing vitriol online, the question of how Twitch's responsibility towards the safety and mental health of streamers emerges. Any increased conversation regarding PogChamp and the political affiliation of the face behind isn't the type of PR Twitch is trying to cultivate, especially through a campaign that will happen every day of 2021. While the US does makeup Twitch's largest viewer base compared to other individual countries (24.3%), the rest of the world's gamers watching likely don't care too much what happened at the Capitol building or who decided to tweet about it. After the face behind one of Twitch's most popular emotes, PogChamp, used social media to incite further civil unrest during the. Gamers typically say 'PogChamp' or variations such as 'Poggers' and 'Pog' when celebrating a.

Earlier this week, Twitch officially cut ties with fighting game personality Ryan 'Gooteks' Gutierrez after he posted a tweet. Twitch viewers will be seeing a new face represent the emote every 24 hours for the rest of the year. For starters, the new sensitivity surrounding the PogChamp emote is a whole lot of US political drama that an international streaming service probably doesn't want to be a part of. Gutierrez has not tweeted about the Twitch emote ban and has not responded to requests for comment. Twitch has figured out how theyre going to replace their well-known PogChamp emote.