The Twitch streamer Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo wanted to give banned viewers in his chat a second chance and unbanned a total of 25,000 people. We report on how it ended from MeinMMO.
This is Mizkif:
- He is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch with nearly 27,000 subscribers and 1.8 million followers.
- On average, 27,000 people watch him in his streams.
- Mizkif was part of the inner circle of former Twitch streamer Ice Poseidon and was his cameraman. Today he is counted among Ice Poseidon’s “heirs” on the livestreaming platform.
- When Mizkif is gaming and not hanging out in the “Just Chatting” section, he plays games such as League of Legends, Super Mario 64, or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Between hate, spam, and love – viewers escalate
What happened before the unbanning? Mizkif adorned his livestream title affectionately with the words: “I am unbanning 25,000 people before I start… This could get ugly… tune in.”
Before he started the process, he emphasized again how crazy his action was. Additionally, Rinaudo hired ten new moderators for the chat to ban people again who cannot behave. However, Mizkif believed that everyone deserves a second chance – some bans were unfair and years old.
This is how the unbanning went: As Mizkif started the bot to unban people under epic music, he realized: “The chat will be hell. Pure chaos.”
He was right, because some viewers immediately started insulting the streamer and spamming meaningless messages in the chat. These were mostly banned again immediately.
However, it became clear that some truly deserved a second chance: A few messages in the chat reported how they had written something stupid years ago and regretted it to this day. They were grateful to be able to participate in the chat again.
The chat and the unbanned people celebrated the action with many donations, gifted subscriptions, and follows. One viewer even donated $100 as a thank you.
Jokingly, Mizkif said that everyone who was unbanned should leave him a subscription with Amazon Prime. In fact, some viewers did just that.
The action seems to have turned out positively for the majority. His loyal viewers were especially happy to finally be able to be a full part of the community again. The trolls and insults were banned again throughout the entire stream.
The currently 5 biggest female streamers in Germany: Who they are and what they do
