Needless to say, the recent hate raid incident against Twitch streamer Pokimane took the Internet by storm. The accused in this case, fellow streamer JiDion faced a ban of 14 days, which was later upgraded to a permanent ban. Following the permaban he appealed to his fans for support to free him from this harsh punishment. JiDion banned for Pokimane, Jidion permanently banned, Twitch bans Jidion, Pokimane Jidion controversy, Jidion harasses Pokimane, Jidion abuses Pokimane online, Pokimane slams Jidion, Twitch, Twitch Ban
JiDion launched a hate raid on 12th January, whereby he directed his community to spam on Pokimane’s Twitch stream. The online troll continued to the extent of forcing Poki to shut her stream midway. This led to the violation of Twitch’s guidelines prompting a 14 day suspension of JiDion on the platform.
Many streamers including xQc, Mizkif, Myth and others came in to support Pokimane and condemned the hatred and misogyny that was played out. JiDion took responsibility for the situation and eventually accepted that his hate against Pokimane has nothing to do with her gender and he believes in respecting women.
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Later, JiDion took to Twitter to disclose a rather upsetting news that he had received. He confirmed that Twitch upgraded his ban to a permanent one. He claims that though he was mistaken in the first place, external pressure has influenced Twitch’s current decision of a permaban.
Ban went from 14 days to a perma😔 please use the #twitchfreejidion for me boys❤️
— JiDion (@Jidion6) January 16, 2022
In a video he talks about his ban and urges fans to help him out. “I’m not here to talk about why I got banned because I deserved to get banned,” he said. “It is what it is. I broke the terms of service. But what I am here to talk about is that I’m here to ask Twitch to make it fair.”
#twitchfreejidion pic.twitter.com/aw8gMa1Voa
— JiDion (@Jidion6) January 16, 2022
He continued, “I feel Twitch should keep my 14-day suspension, especially for a first-time offense, and not let outside factors determine (the ban). What I did was wrong. But how am I supposed to do better the next time if I never get a next time?”
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In a nutshell, he urged his fans to use the hashtag Twitchfreejidion so that he can continue to stream on the purple platform. He also clarifies that he was at fault for online harassment and wants to do better in future only to be able to learn from his mistake. Let’s see if Twitch pays attention to his appeal or sticks with a permaban.
