The New Twitch Meta That’s Taken Over Hot Tub Streams

Since its rise to popularity, the hot tub meta has proven controversial, with the aforementioned Amouranth watching her ad revenue run dry after Twitch suddenly suspended it without warning. Although Twitch eventually re-monetized the sudsy streamer, the damage was already done, and she quickly became what fellow content creator xQc dubbed a “scapegoat” for the whole controversy. Still, to the surprise of some critics of the meta, Twitch eventually decided that the meta didn’t violate its nudity policies, writing in a blog post that “being found to be sexy by others is not against our rules.”

As one might imagine, this did little to calm the waters, with both advocates and detractors — like streamers xoAeriel and QTCinderella, respectively — continuing to butt heads over the meta’s place on Twitch. In fact, QT made waves when she infamously claimed that the hot tub meta was making her life “miserable,” since it allegedly caused hot tub streamers’ viewers to harass her and demand the same kind of content from her.

QT’s attempts to throw cold water on the hot tub meta may have ultimately failed, but the repercussions of both conflicts that arose during its peak in popularity — and Twitch’s controversial decision to keep it from swimming with the fishes — will likely continue indefinitely.