Alinity is no stranger to controversy on Twitch. Sometimes the controversy making the rounds is on the level of petty high-school antics, but on occasion, there is a more serious nature to news surrounding the Twitch streamer. Jabs are taken, and feelings get hurt often on social media platforms, but usually it blows over. However, the latest spat Alinity finds herself in has the streamer standing up against, completely uncalled for, bullying from members of 100 Thieves content creation team The Mob.
With nearly 1.3 million followers, Alinity is one of the bigger names on Twitch. As such, she generates headlines whenever something happens in her world. She faced harassment when Dr Disrespect was banned from Twitch, and was investigated by her local SPCA after throwing her cat on stream. There’s a lot of baggage that follows Alinity, though the most recent issue is a case where people should take notice.
Mob members Froste, Classy, and JhbTeam have engaged in a feud with Alinity over toxicity on the internet after Alinity called them out for decrying toxic behavior while actively promoting it in other ways. After Froste tweeted his support for fellow streamer Jawsh, who made a statement against the toxic nature of ‘stan culture’ and tribalized fan communities, Alinity stepped in and questioned Froste about whether sending his followers after Alinity was the same kind of toxicity that Jawsh wanted to abolish. Instead of seeing how the two correlated, the Mob boys decided to fire back at Alinity, laying bare their hypocrisy regarding toxic behavior online.
Alinity may bring on some of the controversies that surround her, but in this instance, The Mob is completely off base, and she is right to call them out. After agreeing that toxicity is bad, then being critiqued for past, and current, toxic behavior, deciding to dish out more toxic behavior is a bad look, regardless of anyone’s position or influence.
There is a lot more work that needs to be done to fix the issue of toxicity online, and particularly as it relates to gamers and streaming. The amount of vitriol that people throw around is unbelievable, and the callous attitudes of influencers, who could do more to steer their fan communities away from toxic behavior and towards positive outlets like raising money for charity, is not helping matters. This kind of behavior can escalate, and lead to Twitch streamers being stalked, or doxxed, or worse.
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