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Twitch Updates Rules to Allow Streamers to Use Omoggle Site
Twitch changed its community guidelines on Tuesday to permit participation in the Omoggle trend known as mogging. The site connects streamers to strangers for facial comparison contests using measurements such as canthal tilt. The update follows viral popularity among Gen Z users after the platform had previously banned randomized video chat services.
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Twitch updated its community guidelines on Tuesday to allow streamers to participate in current trends including the use of Omoggle, a website that connects users to strangers for video-based facial comparison contests. The change reverses a prior prohibition on websites that link a streamer to a stranger’s video feed.
The platform had banned such services due to the risk of exposing users to harmful content that is difficult to moderate. In its announcement the company encouraged caution and recommended that streamers quickly switch scenes if explicit content appears.
Omoggle is based on the defunct site Omegle. It uses facial recognition technology to analyze and score faces on a scale of one to 10 according to measurements including canthal tilt, palpebral fissure ratio and nose-to-face width ratio. Matches are known in online slang as “mog-offs” or “mogging,” a term for one person dominating another in a contest of looks.
Background on the Trend The trend gained attention last week when a popular streamer was seen competing in a 1v1 mog-off. A 19-year-old named Sammy Amz then began using the site and has since competed in hundreds of matches. The activity has spread among some of the biggest UK streamers following its start in the United States.
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