The hot tub meta was riding high on Twitch for almost half a year and just when it seemed like the platform finally legitimized the controversial streams... the hot tub meta may end?
Twitch's solution to the hot tub meta was to create a separate category for it: Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches. Did this actually solve anything?
Twitch Hot Tub Category Is Filled with Anything but Hot Tub Streams
Before we get to any sort of conclusion, let's go over what's happened since Twitch took measures. On the one hand, we have the actual hot tub streams that now have a home outside the Just Chatting category. On the other, we have a much, much higher volume of fun, trolling, parodying, scamming and completely unrelated content thrown in the Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches section.
If you open it up, you're more likely to see a bunch of sea otters splashing in water than an actual hot tub stream that isn't some sort of scam. That can only lead to one question.
Is the Twitch Hot Tub Meta Dead?
A lot of folks, including prominent Twitch content creators like Alinity, seem to believe so. And a first look at the section certainly support such claims. However, we can defend the opposite stance.
We have the obvious argument that it's waaay too early to lay any final judgment. Then there's the fact that anti-hot tubbers have desperately waited for an opportunity to crap on the despised meta. How long are they going to keep the spam up? Finally, there will always be a sufficient amount of demand for hot girls in bikinis splashing in a pool, so there's that.
The Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches Twitch category has done enough to take some attention away from this contentious topic without killing the hot tub meta right off. Is it more difficult for tub streamers? Yes. Those who want to see that type of content are going to find it, though, make no mistake.
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