Me: Got hate raided multiple times, made 3 videos w/ 85k+ views educating people about them, took a weekend off to make sure my info was secure b/c the perpetrator was in my DMs.

Also me: Got rejected by @Twitch for Partner b/c I didn't stream 12 days last month.

Sigh. 🧵1/ This was my worst fear last month when this started. I work full-time, and it's tough to compensate for the additional time I had to spend dealing w/ the raids. I also had to secure my personal info b/c several folks have been doxxed. 2/

https://twitter.com/thesistakaren/status/1428172093968027649

Today, September 1st, I won't be streaming on Twitch for #ADayOffFromTwitch. I'm replacing my typical offline image with this one so that visitors will know why I'm not live.

A few thoughts about why, *if you can*, participating in this is important. A🧵 1/ Thanks to the work of many, including @RekItRaven and @LuciaEverblack, #TwitchDoBetter has drawn attention from the media & organizations like @ColorofChange. This movement has already been tremendously successful & standing together to stay off Twitch furthers that point. 2/

I wanna share some information that I learned after this AM's hate raid. #TwitchDoBetter

1. My chat's been in followers-only mode & the raid started seconds after "creatineoverdose" followed and posted a weird message in my chat (I'm assuming to see what they could send) 1/ This sad fuck has been seen around @Twitch talking about their handiwork as seen below. Others have reported seeing them follow and/or chat just before a hate raid began. I reported their account but not sure what impact it will have, frankly... 2/

https://twitter.com/ItsWoofy/status/1428060621560557568