"You'd think with the long history of emote artists being taken advantage of on Twitch this would be something they would actively look to avoid," another noted.

Pokimane revealed how she was “catfished” by an artist who used to make her Twitch emotes during the latest episode of her podcast.

Fortnite seems to have taken inspiration from Twitch content creator Kylie "Sketch" for the new leaked in-game emotes which depict the player performing actions typically associated with the streamer.