While the Twitch streaming platform has seen a lot of controversy in the last few months with the ban of Dr Disrespect and sexual conduct allegations against several streamers, Pokimane is showing her viewers that there are wholesome aspects to the platform as well. In one of her recent streams, she decided to give back to the community that allowed her to build her platform and helped smaller streamers on their own content creation journeys.
Pokimane has been streaming on Twitch for nearly seven years, and during that time, she has amassed 5.6 million followers on the streaming platform as well as a combined 6.6 million subscribers on her YouTube channels. Though she has just come back from a month-long break from streaming, she has had a strong return to Twitch and recently showed her appreciation to those who share the streaming platform with her.
Though Pokimane has frequently played games like Among Us with her friends at OfflineTV since her return to Twitch, she decided to take a break from this for one of her YouTube videos and do something different. She started the video by explaining how she was able to establish her platform and obtain incredible opportunities due to the Twitch community, and because of this, she wanted to donate to her friends and smaller streamers who are trying to make it on Twitch like she has. She said that her goal for the video was to give away $10,000 in gifted subscriptions and donations to various streamers on the platform.
The wholesome video begins with Pokimane gifting 100 subscriptions to Sodapoppin and his viewers, saying that he had said nice things to her at a time when she wasn't used to hearing them. After she gave these subscriptions, she moved on to other streamers, gifting hundreds of subscriptions and donating over a thousand dollars to various content creators on the platform. Many of the interactions were incredibly wholesome, nearly bringing Pokimane or the other streamers to tears at several times throughout the video.
While gaming streams may not have been negatively impacted by the economic recession due to the coronavirus pandemic, some variety streamers have been hit hard. Pokimane is providing some wholesome and heart-warming content that many viewers need to see during these trying times. Even though Pokimane is a celebrity, she still cares about her community, and videos like this are some of the reasons that her viewers are glad she's back from her streaming break.