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When to use Kappa
It is the punctuation of the joke: chat adds it when a statement is clearly too good, too bad or too absurd to be true.
- trollmaster99 this game is perfectly balanced
- ironylord chat is always right
- sneakyfox we totally believe your 200 ping excuse
Where Kappa comes from
The face is Josh DeSeno, an employee of Justin.tv, the live platform from which Twitch was born. His greyscale portrait became the Kappa emote in the platform's early days and grew into the most iconic emote on Twitch. It is a native emote: type kappa in any Twitch chat and everyone sees it, no extension required. On Kick, where native Twitch emotes do not exist, chat relies on the 7TV version shown here.
Related emotes
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KEKW
Laughing hard, at the fail or with it.
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xdd
Absurd laughter at something silly.
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NOWAYING
Disbelief: "no way".
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GIGACHAD
Absolute confidence, approved by chat.
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monkaS
Nervous sweat before the outcome.
FAQ
Do I need 7TV to see Kappa on Twitch?
No. Kappa is a native Twitch emote: type kappa and it displays for everyone, on any channel, with nothing to install. The version shown on this page is the community re-upload hosted on 7TV, useful on platforms where Twitch emotes do not exist, like Kick.
What does Kappa mean in chat?
It is the sarcasm flag: the message before it is a joke, a troll or a claim nobody should believe. Removing the Kappa would change the sentence into a serious statement.