The fact is that Twitch does not comment on bans, and it is up to the Twitch streamer whether to reveal the reason for the ban and how he presents the ban publicly.
Twitch bans seem arbitrary
These problems make Twitch’s bans even more ridiculous: The banning rules of Twitch seem difficult and arbitrary. Although Twitch CEO Emmet Shear emphasized that context must always be considered in bans, when comparing individual cases, the bans and their penalties seem arbitrary:
- A streamer was banned for just 3 days, although she performed a sex show and displayed her genitals – but it was said to have been done “accidentally”.
- The streamer Alinity accidentally exposed and showed her breast and was banned for 24 hours for it.
- Other streamers, however, receive permanent bans for having a pornographic photo visible in their stream for seconds and apparently completely unintentionally.
- Body painters are also regularly permanently banned, which they cannot comprehend.
- Streamers also repeatedly receive bans because someone misunderstands a streamer on Twitch and believes that he said a forbidden word, while he said another, completely innocuous word just unclearly.
These discrepancies are currently leading to a discussion about Twitch’s banning policy. Furthermore, the mood is already heated because many streamers are worried about their channels after Twitch has come into the spotlight of the music industry and distributed warnings and bans for copyright violations that date back years.
How could this be done better? A smart suggestion, on how to improve the banning policy, came at the end of January from Cohh Carnage. He sits on the streamer council of Twitch.
He has the simple idea: Why not talk to the streamer before a ban occurs about what really happened? Carnage suggests having the account managers who look after streamers talk to the affected parties about the ban.
This could clarify many misunderstandings in a short time. That would surely be a step forward to take the toxicity out of the situation.
At least in the case of “misunderstandings” Twitch would no longer look so bad. And streamers would have fewer arguments to portray themselves as “completely innocent victims” and to stir up their fans against Twitch if they would just talk to them beforehand.
The strange incident surrounding the ban of DrDisrespect is still looming: He was a top streamer on Twitch for years, but was then banned.
To this day, no one knows why DrDisrespect was banned from Twitch. However, there is the idea that Twitch banned DrDisrespect to get out of the highly lucrative contract with him:
Dr Disrespect hints at why he was really banned from Twitch
These discrepancies are currently leading to a discussion about Twitch’s banning policy. Furthermore, the mood is already heated because many streamers are worried about their channels after Twitch has come into the spotlight of the music industry and distributed warnings and bans for copyright violations that date back years.
How could this be done better? A smart suggestion, on how to improve the banning policy, came at the end of January from Cohh Carnage. He sits on the streamer council of Twitch.
He has the simple idea: Why not talk to the streamer before a ban occurs about what really happened? Carnage suggests having the account managers who look after streamers talk to the affected parties about the ban.
This could clarify many misunderstandings in a short time. That would surely be a step forward to take the toxicity out of the situation.
At least in the case of “misunderstandings” Twitch would no longer look so bad. And streamers would have fewer arguments to portray themselves as “completely innocent victims” and to stir up their fans against Twitch if they would just talk to them beforehand.
The strange incident surrounding the ban of DrDisrespect is still looming: He was a top streamer on Twitch for years, but was then banned.
To this day, no one knows why DrDisrespect was banned from Twitch. However, there is the idea that Twitch banned DrDisrespect to get out of the highly lucrative contract with him:
Dr Disrespect hints at why he was really banned from Twitch
The fact is that Twitch does not comment on bans, and it is up to the Twitch streamer whether to reveal the reason for the ban and how he presents the ban publicly.
Twitch bans seem arbitrary
These problems make Twitch’s bans even more ridiculous: The banning rules of Twitch seem difficult and arbitrary. Although Twitch CEO Emmet Shear emphasized that context must always be considered in bans, when comparing individual cases, the bans and their penalties seem arbitrary:
- A streamer was banned for just 3 days, although she performed a sex show and displayed her genitals – but it was said to have been done “accidentally”.
- The streamer Alinity accidentally exposed and showed her breast and was banned for 24 hours for it.
- Other streamers, however, receive permanent bans for having a pornographic photo visible in their stream for seconds and apparently completely unintentionally.
- Body painters are also regularly permanently banned, which they cannot comprehend.
- Streamers also repeatedly receive bans because someone misunderstands a streamer on Twitch and believes that he said a forbidden word, while he said another, completely innocuous word just unclearly.
These discrepancies are currently leading to a discussion about Twitch’s banning policy. Furthermore, the mood is already heated because many streamers are worried about their channels after Twitch has come into the spotlight of the music industry and distributed warnings and bans for copyright violations that date back years.
How could this be done better? A smart suggestion, on how to improve the banning policy, came at the end of January from Cohh Carnage. He sits on the streamer council of Twitch.
He has the simple idea: Why not talk to the streamer before a ban occurs about what really happened? Carnage suggests having the account managers who look after streamers talk to the affected parties about the ban.
This could clarify many misunderstandings in a short time. That would surely be a step forward to take the toxicity out of the situation.
At least in the case of “misunderstandings” Twitch would no longer look so bad. And streamers would have fewer arguments to portray themselves as “completely innocent victims” and to stir up their fans against Twitch if they would just talk to them beforehand.
The strange incident surrounding the ban of DrDisrespect is still looming: He was a top streamer on Twitch for years, but was then banned.
To this day, no one knows why DrDisrespect was banned from Twitch. However, there is the idea that Twitch banned DrDisrespect to get out of the highly lucrative contract with him:
Dr Disrespect hints at why he was really banned from Twitch
The banning policy of Twitch is increasingly under harsh criticism. The platform has issued permanent bans against major streamers, but had to revoke them. Apparently, the public pressure was too great. The seemingly arbitrary suspensions and the lack of transparency from Twitch are causing ongoing discussions. Our author Schuhmann also sees a significant issue here with Twitch.
Which case is making headlines right now? Twitch has permanently banned Fortnite pro Clix this week. This was announced on his Twitter account.
The 16-year-old Clix is currently ranked number 30 on Twitch and is one of the rising stars of the platform.
Clix was apparently banned because a pornographic image was briefly visible in his stream: One of his folders in Windows had a thumbnail that did not pass as age-appropriate. This thumbnail was – apparently accidentally – visible for a short time in his Twitch stream.
Neither Clix nor Twitch explicitly stated that the streamer was permanently banned for this, but it is likely that this “oops” mistake was the reason for the permanent ban.
However, the ban of Clix outraged so many of his fans that over 22,000 posts appeared under the hashtag “#FreeClix” on Twitter. The hashtag even trended. The streamer was unbanned by Twitch within just a day and a half.
Twitch does not publicly mention the reasons for the ban and unban of Clix. They never do – except for US presidents.
Twitch regularly buckles under pressure on Twitter
Has this happened before? Yes, almost the same case happened with the streamer Forsen in December 2020. The Swedish streamer also accidentally showed a pornographic image, earned the nickname “Horsen” and was permanently banned from Twitch.
But this “permanent ban” also didn’t last long, as it was lifted after a month.
The same happened to a streamer in Brazil: She was permanently banned by Twitch, apparently because her young daughter was seen without a shirt. The streamer raised the alarm, saying she was losing her livelihood. The case gained significant attention on Twitter and Twitch lifted the ban without comment.
Whoever screams loud enough gets freed
This is the problem with these bans: It creates the impression that a permanent ban on Twitch can be circumvented if one can just find enough people on Twitter who view the ban as unfair and raise enough alarm. Then someone at Twitch notices and lifts the ban.
This makes it seem that small streamers without reach remain banned while bigger streamers manage to get unbanned.
This leads to ongoing discussions about Twitch’s bans. Time and again, Twitch ends up looking really bad.
Because Twitch remains silent, they always look bad
The problem is that we only know the side of the banned streamer, as Twitch does not comment on the bans. Because they remain silent, the responsible individuals at Twitch have only two options for responding:
- Either they let the ban stand and say nothing – then they appear as if they don’t care about “injustice”
- or they lift the ban and say nothing – then they appear as if they have no backbone, would ban arbitrarily, and later fold
Why is Twitch silent? That’s their policy. Apparently, there could be trouble if they make the reasons for the bans public, perhaps for legal reasons. Generally, it is unusual for platforms like Twitch to interfere in such discussions – they can apparently only lose.
To this day, no one knows why DrDisrespect was banned from Twitch. However, there is the idea that Twitch banned DrDisrespect to get out of the highly lucrative contract with him:
Dr Disrespect hints at why he was really banned from Twitch
These discrepancies are currently leading to a discussion about Twitch’s banning policy. Furthermore, the mood is already heated because many streamers are worried about their channels after Twitch has come into the spotlight of the music industry and distributed warnings and bans for copyright violations that date back years.
How could this be done better? A smart suggestion, on how to improve the banning policy, came at the end of January from Cohh Carnage. He sits on the streamer council of Twitch.
He has the simple idea: Why not talk to the streamer before a ban occurs about what really happened? Carnage suggests having the account managers who look after streamers talk to the affected parties about the ban.
This could clarify many misunderstandings in a short time. That would surely be a step forward to take the toxicity out of the situation.
At least in the case of “misunderstandings” Twitch would no longer look so bad. And streamers would have fewer arguments to portray themselves as “completely innocent victims” and to stir up their fans against Twitch if they would just talk to them beforehand.
The strange incident surrounding the ban of DrDisrespect is still looming: He was a top streamer on Twitch for years, but was then banned.
To this day, no one knows why DrDisrespect was banned from Twitch. However, there is the idea that Twitch banned DrDisrespect to get out of the highly lucrative contract with him:
Dr Disrespect hints at why he was really banned from Twitch
The fact is that Twitch does not comment on bans, and it is up to the Twitch streamer whether to reveal the reason for the ban and how he presents the ban publicly.
Twitch bans seem arbitrary
These problems make Twitch’s bans even more ridiculous: The banning rules of Twitch seem difficult and arbitrary. Although Twitch CEO Emmet Shear emphasized that context must always be considered in bans, when comparing individual cases, the bans and their penalties seem arbitrary:
- A streamer was banned for just 3 days, although she performed a sex show and displayed her genitals – but it was said to have been done “accidentally”.
- The streamer Alinity accidentally exposed and showed her breast and was banned for 24 hours for it.
- Other streamers, however, receive permanent bans for having a pornographic photo visible in their stream for seconds and apparently completely unintentionally.
- Body painters are also regularly permanently banned, which they cannot comprehend.
- Streamers also repeatedly receive bans because someone misunderstands a streamer on Twitch and believes that he said a forbidden word, while he said another, completely innocuous word just unclearly.
These discrepancies are currently leading to a discussion about Twitch’s banning policy. Furthermore, the mood is already heated because many streamers are worried about their channels after Twitch has come into the spotlight of the music industry and distributed warnings and bans for copyright violations that date back years.
How could this be done better? A smart suggestion, on how to improve the banning policy, came at the end of January from Cohh Carnage. He sits on the streamer council of Twitch.
He has the simple idea: Why not talk to the streamer before a ban occurs about what really happened? Carnage suggests having the account managers who look after streamers talk to the affected parties about the ban.
This could clarify many misunderstandings in a short time. That would surely be a step forward to take the toxicity out of the situation.
At least in the case of “misunderstandings” Twitch would no longer look so bad. And streamers would have fewer arguments to portray themselves as “completely innocent victims” and to stir up their fans against Twitch if they would just talk to them beforehand.
The strange incident surrounding the ban of DrDisrespect is still looming: He was a top streamer on Twitch for years, but was then banned.
To this day, no one knows why DrDisrespect was banned from Twitch. However, there is the idea that Twitch banned DrDisrespect to get out of the highly lucrative contract with him:
