On Twitch, the Content Creatorin Iman “Pokiman” Anys was one of the largest. Now she spoke in a podcast about the amounts of money that she has to spend on her own security.
Why does Pokiman need so much security? Fame on the Internet comes with some dark sides, also for the former Twitch streamer Pokimane. She spoke about this in a podcast episode of the Youtubers Colin and Samir (via YouTube).
She had more than 9 million followers (via Sullygnome) on the Twitch streaming platform and she has over 6 million subscribers on YouTube. With such a large number of followers, it is no wonder that not every fan absolutely wants her to do something good.
She is created by her, it is regularly tried to find out her address or it is tried to use your name and brand somehow abusive, for example also commercially.
According to her, all of this are “problems that did not exist five years ago.” Accordingly, she needs measures so that your brand and she itself do not be damaged by abusive use.
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Pokiman takes measures
What does Pokiman do for your security? Pokiman’s permanent team includes several companies that ensure their safety on the Internet. You are commissioned by the former Twitch streamer to delete all the pictures of your new apartment on the Internet or have your address deleted if you have found it out by someone.
She pays a high five -digit amount every month, sometimes even more, she says.
Pokiman says that she would even completely renovate her new apartment every time so that they no longer have a similarity with pictures previously existing on the Internet.
She continues that she always has to live in a house with security measures or a guarded front door, simply because there would be no other way.
To all of these measures, she says: “I wish that would not be necessary.”
What disturbs Pokiman the most? The fact that she has to pay so much is a problem, but Pokiman bothers something else much more. She dismisses the discrepancy between the high costs she has to bear for her safety and the significantly lower expenses of her male streaming colleagues.
In contrast to their male colleagues, female content creators are often the goal of Deepfakes or attacks on their privacy.
Here you can see the whole episode with Pokiman:
The profession of a Twitch streamer brings one or the other dark side. Pokiman had to find that many times. In September 2024, the content creator was even drawn into a marriage crisis: Pokiman told how she was moved to the marriage crisis of a fans and the wife scattered her