*Some interesting terms of art from the streaming gaming scene.
https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/subscriber-emoticon-guide?language=en_US
Respect Twitch Policies
You should only create emoticons that adhere to Twitch’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. Examples of content prohibited from use in emotes by our Community Guidelines includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Hateful conduct, such as offensive slurs, symbols, stereotypes, and imagery
Harassment, such as targeted insults, bullying, and threatening or inciting abuse
Threats of violence, such as threats against others and threats of suicide
Obscene content, such as extreme or gratuitous depictions of violence, blood, gore, severe injury, and death
Sexual content, such as depictions of sexual acts (sex, masturbation), arousal, gestures, aids, and attire
Gasm-style emotes (emotes imitating the Kreygasm global emote) are permitted.
Nudity, such as depictions and imitations of nude torsos, buttocks, genitals, and anuses
Illegal drugs, such as depictions or references to illegal drug use, drugs, and drug paraphernalia
In addition to content prohibited by our Community Guidelines, we also prohibit the following from use in emotes:
Vulgarity, such as obscene or explicit words, phrases, and gestures
Politics, including political phrases, symbols, and figures
Animations, except as supported by Cheermote submissions
Individual letters and characters
Partners are granted exception to this restriction so long as the letters/characters are a key element of their established logo or branding.
Violations of Twitch Brand Assets Guidelines
Emoticons based on Twitch Global Emoticons
The only exceptions to this are Kappa and VoHiYo derivatives, which are authorized for use only under the following limitations:
Max of two Kappa derivatives per channel.
VoHiYo derivatives may not use or appear to use original assets.
Kappa and VoHiYo derivatives are not exempt from any other applicable policies.
Severe abuse of emote submissions, including severe policy violations and repeated submissions of content previously rejected or taken down, may result in a penalty on your account. Such actions may include: removal of content, a strike on the account, and/or suspension of account(s). Read more About Account Suspensions....
