In the weeks before Twitch pulled out of South Korea — an agonizing death rattle marked by tanking viewership among Korean-speaking users — Korean streamers held virtual services in memory of the platform on Animal Crossing, VRChat, and Minecraft. Others jokingly paid their respects in person, donning black traditional outfits and bowing to framed printouts of the Twitch logo. The Korean phrase for “Twitch funeral” trended on X, as streamers dispersed across the various alternative platforms vyi...